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Our Liberty Loan Chairmen 

1. Harry E. Colwell 2. William A. Moore 

3. Leroy Frantz 4. Gray Miller 




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NINETEEN HUNDHED AND TWENT); 
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Dedicated 
To Those Who Served 



CONTENTS 



Proclamation by the Mayor . 

The Citizens' Protective Committee 

Seventh Division, First Battalion, Naval Militia 

The Military Committee 

The First and Second Liberty Loans 
I "Recruit Week" .... 

The Loyalty of the Drafted Man 
'A Critical Moment 

The Board of Instruction 

, The Work of the Local Board 

I The Work of the Red Cross . 

I Red Cross Canteen 

'The Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid 

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'War Camp Community Service 

I The Public Schools in War Time . 

( The Work OF the Churches . 

'The Woman's Club in the War 

I Woman's Part in the W'AR 

'Food Conservation 

{The Money Hounds . . . " 

j The Third Liberty Loan 

The War Savings Stamp Campaign 

; United War W'ork Fund Campaign 

I The Police Auxiliary 

I Harbor Police Patrol . 

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American Red Cross Motor Corps 

Second Red Cross War Fund Campaign 

Flower, Plant, and Fruit Guild 

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 

The Fourth Liberty Loan 

The Jewish Organizations during the War 

Masonic Activities during the War 

The Community Chorus 

Public Library 

The Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps 

The Navy League . 

The Influenza at Fort Slocum 

The Fifth Liberty Loan 

The Knights of Columbus 

Girls* Patriotic Service League 

Boy Scouts; their Part in the War 

Child Welfare in War Time 

New Rochelle Scots' Part in the War 

The Knitting League 

The Garden Club . 

How the Soldiers and Sailors were Entertai 

LoEw's Theater 

Fort Slocum Official Report 

War Activities 

The Honor Roll 

In Memoriam , 



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FOREWORD 

There are many books about the war "over there," 
but few ^bout the war over here. It is true that the war 
was fought by military prowess on foreign soil, but none the 
less it was fought on American soil by the moral and mate- 
rial aid given by our citizens to our fighting forces in Eu- 
rope. This book is a notable record of the achievement of 
one American community — the people of New Rochelle — in 
"doing their bit" towards bringing about the great victory 
which saved freedom from autocracy, and civilization 
from Kultur. 

No crisis in Western history was more portentous with 
disaster to Western civilization, save the terrible menace 
of the Mohammedan invasions, from the sixth to the 
fifteenth centuries. Strange to relate, the last vestige in 
Europe of the decrepit Mohammedan rule, which had 
allied itself in this great war with Kultur^ has been wiped 
out by the victory of the Allies! 

I It was difficult for us, who did not actually participate 
(in the conflict, to visualize what was going on along that 
far-flung battle front. The thunder of the conflict was not 
jin our ears, the suff^ering and the desolation of the war 
I areas were not under our eyes. We were three thousand 
I miles away. We went about our ordinary occupations in 
\ the usual way and, save for the economic stringency that 
began to tighten about us, we were not physically aflfected. 
j Nevertheless the American people rose to the emergency 
jwith a splendid enthusiasm and flung every ounce of their 
I vast energy, moral and physical, into the scales with the 
J single purpose of winning the war. The glorious valor of 
I our arms abroad was nobly supplemented by the splendid 
:ardor of our service at home. "I came, I saw, I conquered" 
I was the sententious legend of Csesar to the Roman Senate. 
Americans who labored in the great cause of freedom at 



viii FOREWORD 

home may, not in the elation of pride, but in the confident 
humility of a righteous cause, justly vindicated, inscribe 
in the pages of history: "We worked, we served, we won." 

The story told in these pages would be only a replica 
of what was done in every community throughout the 
United States, if other communities were to put "their 
bit" on record. It is not through vainglory that New 
Rochelle seeks to tell its story, but that it may leave an 
authentic document of its share in a momentous and grave 
crisis of our history to tuture generations, who may read, 
ponder, rejoice, and draw inspiration from this plain and 
unvarnished tale of patriotism, service, and sacrifice. 

The story is told severally by those who were partici- 
pants. It is in a sense an intimate document, first hand, 
by evewitnesses and workers. One of its most valuable 
lessons will be the evidence of the large-hearted and 
generous unity of interest and endeavor by every class and 
group of citizens for a common and great purpose. Rival- 
ries and jealousies were unknown. Differences of creed, 
class, and race were forgotten in the common aim. All 
barriers went down before the great burst of patriotism 
and self-sacrifice that swept over the community. It is 
more than well to have such a record for those who are to 
come after us; it is a duty. 

The editor has left the manner of the telling in the 
various accounts as nearly intact as was consistent with 
his editorial duties and they were not onerous. It would 
be injudicious editing to try to transform an author's 
manner into an editor's, just as it would be poor portrait 
painting to depict the human countenance, not after the 
true lineaments, but after the painter's fancy. You would 
have not a likeness, but an idealization. A man tells his 
own story best in his own way. 

CoNDE B. Fallen. 




William B. Greeley 
President of the Citizens Protective Committee 




Hon. Edward Stetson Griffing 
Mavor During: the Momentous Davs of 1917 



PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR 

To THE Citizens of New Rochelle: 

The long-tried patience of the American people has 
finally been exhausted by the continuance of the unwar- 
ranted attacks on American citizens and vessels, and the 
President and the Congress of the United States have 
formally declared that a state of war exists between the 
United States and the Imperial German Government. 

I urge all our citizens and all aliens in our midst to 
conduct themselves in word and in act with careful judg- 
ment and with patient consideration and self-control, to 
the end that order may be preserved throughout our city 
during the critical period upon which we have entered. 

Alien enemies in our midst are warned strictly to obey 
the law, to make no threats, and to do nothing that a loyal 
American Citizen would not do. They may go about 
their usual occupations undisturbed if they thus conduct 
themselves. Friendly aliens will be treated the same as 
our own citizens. 

In the emergency which confronts us, we have quad- 
rupled our Police Force. The New Rochelle Minute Men, 
a body of volunteer citizens (75 strong), have been suit- 
ably equipped and duly sworn in as Police Officers and are 
acting as part of the regular Police Force of this city. 
The Relief Engine Company, uniformed volunteer force, 
40 strong, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics, 
uniformed and armed, 30 strong, have volunteered their 
services, which have been accepted. They have been 

I 



2 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART I\ THE GREAT WAR 

assigned to assist the Police Department and act under its 
orders. Adequate protection to persons and property is 
assured and good order will be preserved throughout the 
citv. Other measures will be taken from time to time it 
and as deemed expedient. 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, Warn- 
ing Is Hereby Given that any threat, demonstration, 
or plot by alien enemies, or their sympathizers, or any 
dislovalty whatsoever, will be summarily suppressed and 
that any violation of any of the regulations tor the public 
safety proclaimed by the President of the United States, 
or any treasonable or seditious utterance, gathering, or act 
will be summarily suppressed and sternly punished. 

C//V Hall, Neiv Rochelle, A. Y., April 7, 191 7. 

Edward Stetson Griffing, 

Mayor. 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE 
By William B. Greeley, Chairman 

The breaking off of diplomatic relations between the 
United States and Germany on February 3, 1917, was no 
less a call to the people to begin active measures of prep- 
aration for war than was the call of Paul Revere in April, 
1775. The response in New Rochelle was immediate. 
On the afternoon of Sunday, February I4, 191 7, a few 
neighbors gathered to discuss the situation at the home of 
Edson S. Lott, which was ever open as a place of meeting 
for those interested in the public welfare. To these few 
men the need for immediate action was apparent in order 
that the private citizen might be ready to assist the con- 
stituted authorities in every possible manner. It was then 
determined that the situation demanded the thoughtful 
consideration of a not too large group of intensely patriotic 
citizens who should be at the same time representative 
of every part of the city. By hand and by telephone invi- 
tations were sent out at once for a meeting to be held at 
Mr. Lott's residence on the same evening. The responses 
were immediate and hearty and about thirty men met on 
that evening. 

A temporary organization was effected, with Edson S. 
Lott as President, Walter G. C. Otto as Secretary, and 
George Watson as Treasurer, and a Committee on Organi- 
zation consisting of the temporary officers and Messrs. 
Greeley, Page, and Walradt. 



4 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

The Committee on Organization proceeded with its 
work, drafted a "Dechxration of Purposes and Plan of 
Organization," and invited about seventy men, in addition 
to the original thirty, to become members of the associa- 
tion. The prime quahfication for membership was that 
sort of Americanism which 'mpels a man to give himself 
to his country and has no trace of German interest. It 
was therefore provided that every man nominated for 
membership must receive, without discussion, the unani- 
mous vote of all of the Committee on Organization. It 
was further determined that as the proposed organiza- 
tion was to be an organization of citizens for the purpose of 
assisting the authorities, no official of city, county, state, 
or Federal Government should become a member of the 
organization, other than those who had participated in 
the original organization meeting. A similar rule was 
followed as to other classes of citizens, such as physicians 
and others, on whose time and strength it was believed 
that demands would be made by the authorities and in 
other ways outside of the citizens' organization. 

This statement, now made public for the first time, 
explains why the list of members of the organization, as 
given below, does not contain the names of other citizens 
of New Rochelle whose patriotism was just as vital and 
intense as that of its members, and it explains also why 
one man out of one class or another became a member and 
others did not. It was also determined that the member- 
ship should be limited so that the organization might not 
become unwieldy. 

On March I4, 191 7, those who had been invited to 
become members of the organization, as well as those who 
attended the meeting on the evening of February, 4th, 
assembled in the City Court Room for the purpose of 
effecting a general organization. Edson S. Lott presided 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE 5 

during the meeting, until the election of officers was 
effected as follows: 

President: William B. Greeley 

Vice-President: John W. Lieb 

Secretary: Walter G. C. Otto 

Treasurer: George Watson 

Executive Committee: Col. Robert T. Emmet 

William M. Harding 
Edson S. Lott 
Jere Milleman 
Robert A. Osborn 
x'\lbert Ritchie 
Louis R. Smith 
Raymond J. W^alters 
James H. Warner 

Previous to the election of officers the "Declaration of 
Purposes and Plan of Organization" prepared by the com- 
mittee was read, discussed, and accepted for the purpose 
of the temporary organization. It was voted that the 
entire question of by-laws, rules and regulations, Declara- 
tion of Purposes and Plan of Organization be referred to 
the Executive Committee. 

As eventually amended and adopted the Declaration of 
Purposes and Plan of Organization was as follows: 

The name of this Committee shall be "Citizens' Pro- 
tective Committee of New Rochelle. " 

The general purposes of the Committee are to pro- 
mote patriotism and to render services to the City, 
State, and Nation. 

The particular purposes are to cooperate in the City 
of New Rochelle with the constituted authorities in the 
maintenance of order, the prevention of violence and 



NEW UOCHELLK: IIVM TART IN THE CiKEAT ^^AR 

crime, the protection oi life and property, the detense 
otthe City, State, and Nation from the plots and assaults 
from within and without, o\ disloyal persons, and to 
take such measures as may be proper for the weltare 
of those who may be called upon to perform active 
military services and of their dependents. 

The officers of the Committee shall be a President, a 
Vice-President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall 
respectively perform, under the direction and with the 
cooperation ot the Executive Committee, the duties 
usually performed by such officers. 

There shall be an Executive Committee consisting 
of nine members, of which Committee the President, 
Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall also be 
members c\x officio, and of which the President shall be 
the chairman. This Executive Committee shall exer- 
cise the general powers of a board of directors ot a 
business corporation. The Executive Committee shall 
have power to add to its members and fill vacancies, but 
additional members shall be elected only by unanimous 
vote of all the members of the Committee. The vote 
of members not present at the meeting at which any 
additional member is proposed shall be transmitted in 
writing to the Secretary. The Executive Committee, 
acting as the membership committee, by unanimous 
vote, taken :'/:v/ vocc\ and in writing as just prescribed, 
shall elect the members of the Committee of One Hun- 
dred, and by a majority vote of members present at any 
meeting may designate members of the Committee ot 
One Hundred for service on such subcommittees as the 
Executive Committee shall in its discretion see fit to 
appoint for the performance ot various duties, and such 
subcommittees shall report to the Executive Committee. 
The Committee of One Hundred bv a majoritv vote of 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE 7 

all its members, or the Executive Committee by a two- 
thirds vote of all its members, shall have the power to 
receive and accept resignations and to eliminate mem- 
bers of the Committee of One Hundred or of any of the 
subcommittees thereof. 

There shall be a Committee of One Hundred, who 
shall act in a general advisory and consulting capacity, 
shall perform such duties as may be delegated to them 
by the Executive Committee, and from whose number 
shall be selected all members of all subcommittees 
created or appointed by the Executive Committee. 

Subcommittees of the Committee of One Hundred 
shall include the following: 

A Committee on Registration. This Committee 
shall have charge of the registration, listing, and index- 
ing of all citizens and residents of New Rochelle, with 
their respective resources and abilities for defense pur- 
poses and sentiments. 

A Finance Committee. This Committee shall have 
charge of the raising of all funds required for the pur- 
poses of the Executive Committee, and shall act as a 
Budget Committee, but all general expenditures must 
be authorized by the Executive Committee. 

A Committee on Headquarters and Employees. 
This Committee shall be charged with the selection and 
maintenance of an office or offices suitable for the ad- 
ministrative and executive purposes of the Executive 
Committee, and with the employment of necessary 
employees, but no one shall be employed without the 
specific approval of the Executive Committee. 

A Committee on Official Relations. This Com- 
mittee shall be charged with the duty of taking up with 
the constituted authorities and other organizations all 
matters with which such authorities, organizations, and 



NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

the Committee of One Hundred are mutually and 
directly concerned. 

A Committee on Loyalty. This Committee shall 
investigate and consider all cases of doubtful loyalty 
and shall report its findings to the President, by whom 
the further action of the Committee in every case shall 
be directed. All of the proceedings of the Committee 
shall be held in absolute confidence and secrecy between 
the members thereof and the President. 

A Committee on Military Organization. This 
Committee shall be in direct control of all military 
afi^airs with which the Committee of One Hundred shall 
be identified. 

A Committee on Police Organization. This 
Committee shall be charged with organization for 
police defense. 

A Committee on the Welfare of Enlisted IMen. 
This Committee shall be charged with the duty of 
supplementing, as far as possible, the work of the au- 
thorities in making provision for the welfare of men 
enlisted for service and their dependents including the 
care of the sick and wounded. 

A Committee on Shelter and Supplies. This 
Committee shall be charged with the duty of furnishing 
shelter and supplies to all persons in need of the same in 
cases of emergency. 

A Committee on Transportation and Communica- 
tion. This Committee shall be charged with the duty 
of making all necessary arrangements for the transpor- 
tation of persons and supplies and for keeping open and 
in operation all means of communication. 

A Committee on Public Health and Sanitation. 

A Committee on Publicity. 

A Committee on Law. 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE 9 

The Executive Committee shall be empowered to 
create from time to time such other committees as it 
shall deem wise. 

The annual dues of the members of the Committee of 
One Hundred shall be Ten (10) Dollars, payable in 
advance. 

Meetings of the Committee of One Hundred may be 
called by the President and shall be called upon the 
written request of four members of the Executive Com- 
mittee. 

This plan may be amended by a vote of two-thirds 
majority of the Executive Committee or by a majority 
vote of the Committee of One Hundred. 

The plan of organization contemplated a Committee of 
One Hundred made up of what might be called the active 
members of the organization; but by a subsequent vote 
of the organization the membership was increased to a 
possible maximum of one hundred and fifty. At the same 
time it was provided that the administrative expenses of 
the organization should be limited to and paid out of the 
fund from membership fees or annual dues and that all 
general contributions be devoted to the various specific 
objects of the organization as determined by the Execu- 
tive Committee. 

Chairmen of the several subcommittees were appointed 
as follows, the appointment of other members being left 
largely to the chairmen: 

On Finance: 

Edson S. Lott 

On Headquarters and Employees: 

Albert Ritchie 
On Loyalty: 

William R. Page 



10 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

On Military Organization: 
Jere Milleman 

On Police Organization: 

Charles S. Porter 
On Official Relations: 

James Harold Warner 
On Registration: 

Charles J. Dunlap 

On JV elf are of Enlisted Men: 

Harry R. Patten 
On Shelter and Supplies: 

Charles A. Loring 
On Transportation and Communication: 

Louis R. Smith 
On Public Health and Sanitation: 

George G. Raymond 
On Publicity: 

George B. Currier 
On Law: 

Sidney R. Perry 

The work of some of the subcommittees was largely 
and necessarily in the preparation of plans to meet various 
contingencies which might have happened, but fortunately 
never did happen, particularly such contingencies as might 
arise from the possible necessity of caring for great num- 
bers of refugees in the event of war disasters in the metro- 
politan district. Plans were made for the sheltering of 
many thousands in public buildings and in barracks to be 
erected, for the feeding and general care of such refugees, 
and for their transportation and the transportation of 
those engaged in their care. " Funds were provided for 
immediate use if such an emergency should arise. 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE II 

It is impossible, within the limits of this paper, to rehearse 
all of the work done by the various committees. It was 
done quietly, with a stern realization of the responsibilities 
which had been assumed, and with an entire devotion to 
the work in hand. The work of the Police Auxiliary, formed 
by the Committee on Police Organization, is described else- 
where. The work of the Committee on Military Organiza- 
tion resulted in the preliminary training of many men who 
afterwards went into active service in the army. 

The work of the Committee on Loyalty was necessarily 
secret. In cooperation with that committee there was a 
local Secret Service, whose members were not even known 
one to another. 

Cases of want among the dependents of enlisted men 
demanded and received the most careful consideration 
and discreet assistance of the Committee on Welfare who, 
until this branch of the work was taken over by the county 
Red Cross, devoted hours and days to searching out cases 
requiring relief and to the personal examination of such 
cases from time to time 

To make it possible for the various committees to do 
their work without requiring them not only to give their 
time but their means, the Committee on Finance under- 
took the collection of funds other than provided by the 
membership fees. The response was general. Four hun- 
dred and eleven individuals, business concerns, and asso- 
ciations, including the members of the organization, con- 
tributed a total of I4181. Through the Evening Standard 
and the concert promoted by it, the further sum of $698 
was contributed. Part of the total was held in reserve 
to meet contingencies. The largest items of expenditure 
were relief work, military drill, providing service flags 
and testimonials for the families of men who had gone 
into service, and expenses of investigation. 



12 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

It was the intention of the organization always to avoid 
duplication and waste of effort and to step aside whenever 
any other organization was found to be doing or was 
believed to be capable of doing the same work better or as 
well. In the care of the dependents of enlisted men the 
organization yielded to the County Red Cross organiza- 
tion when its intention to take up that work was indicated. 

So also in the promotion of enlistments the organiza- 
tion stood aside for the representatives of the Westchester 
County Commission of General Safety when, without 
reference to or consultation with any of the officers of this 
organization, that commission took up the work in New 
Rochelle. Nevertheless, the Citizens' Protective Com- 
mittee did not lay down other branches of work which it 
believed itself to be qualified to carry on, even when, in 
April, more than a month after its work had been under- 
taken actively and funds had been and were being raised, 
the Executive Committee of the Westchester Commission 
requested the County Supervisors of New Rochelle to 
inform the public that "no contributions should be made 
for any purposes to any organization or object connected 
with the national emergency, unless these purposes have 
been approved by this Commission." In response to that 
request the Committee on Official Relations informed the 
Commission, courteously, that the Citizens' Protective 
Committee would be glad to cooperate with the County 
Commission, but would continue its activities as a local 
organization. 

The first public meeting of citizens was held on the 
evening of March 30th, at Elks' Hall, under the auspices 
of the Committee on Military Organization, for the pur- 
pose of arousing public sentiment and promoting enroll- 
ment of citizens for military and police duty. The meeting 
was addressed by several citizens and by Captain Talbott, 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE 13 

U. S. A., who gave the people a clearer idea, than many 
had possessed, of the necessity of being constantly on 
guard against the machinations of the enemy within our 
gates. On April 27th the Committee on Military Organi- 
zation reported that at that date six hundred and 
seventy-nine men had been enrolled for service, of whom 
one hundred and eighty-one, being above the military 
age, had been referred to the Committee on Police 
Organization. 

In the events which grew out of the sale of liquor to 
soldiers, the organization took its part solely on patriotic 
grounds. It was not interested in prohibition as a moral 
issue, and in fact there was diversity of sentiment among 
the members. All were agreed, however, that the regula- 
tions of the Government were wise and, in every patriotic 
community, ought to be observed to the uttermost. In- 
formation, which could not be disputed, as to the use of 
liquor by enemy agents to induce soldiers to talk, satisfied 
the officers of the organization that it was its plain duty 
to do all in its power to prevent, as far as possible, the 
sale of liquor to soldiers in contravention of Government 
regulations. This was the sole animus of the organization 
in its opposition to the sale of liquor. 

In the stirring events of Recruit Week, this organization 
was represented on the Citizens' Relief Committee, and its 
members, in common with all citizens, shared in the splen- 
did hospitality extended to the men crowding to Fort 
Slocum in the last days of volunteer enlistment. 

In the early days of the war there were not only some 
new organizations for patriotic work which had their 
foundations largely in sentiment and enthusiasm, and 
some older organizations which were duplicating the work 
of others, but there were also some, mainly individuals, 
who sought to take advantage for their own profit of the 



14 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

generosity of the people. The Citizens' Protective Com- 
mittee, after conference with the representatives of other 
organizations, extended to all associations engaged in war 
work in New Rochelle an invitation to attend a confer- 
ence for the purpose of unifying and harmonizing the work 
of all legitimate organizations, of reducing the over- 
lapping of work, and of preventing the activities of those 
who sought to trade on the sentiment of the people. Such 
a conference was held and resulted later in the formation of 
the War Work Council. By the time this Council was 
organized the people had settled down and its necessity 
had largely disappeared. 

The Citizens' Protective Committee was an organiza- 
tion of men. The women of New Rochelle were no less 
patriotic and zealous than the men, but there was no 
general organization of the women which corresponded 
exactly to the Citizens' Protective Committee. It would 
not be just to the women of New Rochelle to close this 
statement without an acknowledge of the hearty co-opera- 
tion and assistance accorded to the Citizens' Protective 
Committee by the women of New Rochelle and especially 
by the Woman's Club. 

It has been possible to do no more than to give a rather 
fragmentary and somewhat disconnected sketch of the 
activities of the Citizens' Protective Committee. Its 
work was for the most part carried on quietly. Only when 
there seemed to be necessity did it seek the public eye or 
the public ear. It has been said by those who were not of 
its membership and who knew little of its work that the 
very existence of the organization, representative as it was 
of the whole body of loyal and patriotic citizens, was itself 
a constant menace to the secret enemy, an encouragement 
to the loyal, and of service to the counrty. Than this it 
asks no higher praise. 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE 



15 



The roll of members, as it stood December 4, 1917, 
follows : 



Eben Adams 
John G. Agar 
George C. Allen 

DeWitt C. Baker 

W. J, Battey 
W. S. Beers 
Walter P. Blackman 
A. R. Brown 
Joseph T. Brown, Jr. 
Charles W. Bryan 

George L. Cade 
Irving L. Camp 
F. M. Carpenter 
Edward Carson 
George A. Casey 
Theodore I. Coe 
Harry E. Colw^ell 
Edward J. Cordial 
A. B. Cordner 
Edward P. Cunningham 
George B. Currier 

A. E. Davidson 
A. P. Dennis 

W. H. DOREMUS 

Charles J. Dunlap 

R. T. Emmet 
Francesco Ettari 

George F. Flandreaux 
LeRoy Frantz 



Rodney Gibson 
Sidney W. Goldsmith 
Lyman F. Gray 
William B. Gray 
William B. Greeley 
Truman W. Greenslitt 
h. l. gutterson 

W. S. Hadaway, Jr. 

E. I. Hanson 
William M. Harding 
Charles W. Harman 
John F. Healy 
Burton J. Hendrick 
Frank Hermes 
Lucius W. Hitchcock 
Horace F. Howland 
Stephen C. Hunter 
Stephen W. Huntington 

Lewis Iselin 

Nathan Kaminski 
Bedros Kazanjian 

F. C. Kemple 
Martin J. Keogh 
Leonard C. Ketchum 
Charles S. King 
William E. Knox 

Wm. R. Laidlaw 
Richard Lathers, Jr. 
A. T. Leon 



l6 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 



Albert Leonard 
John W. Lieb, Jr. 
E. C. Locke 
E. P. Lonsdale 
c. a. loring 
Edson S. Lott 

Evans McCarty 
T. Mortimer Macy 
Leo Mancusi 
Eugene A. Manning 
H. E. Martin 
William R. Marvin 
Jere Milleman 
Gray Miller 
f. a. molitor 
James J. Montague 
William A. Moore 
Eugene C. Myrick 

DeWitt Clinton No yes 

Robert A, Osborn 
Charles Otten 
Walter G. C. Otto 

William R. Page 
Conde B. Pallen 
Harry R. Patten 
E. E. Paul 
Charles F. Peck 
Sidney R. Perry 
S. Harris Pomeroy 
Charles S. Porter 



c. e. postlethwaite 
Charles R, Query 

George G. Raymond 
Wm. Oakley Raymond 
John Reid, Jr. 
Edward Reynolds 
George Reynolds 
Albert Ritchie 
P. C. Ritchie, Jr. 
George L Roberts 
Charles E. Rogers 
William A. Rosenbaum 

LeRoy Sargent 
Edward W. Schauffler 
Frederick H. Seacord 
F. Shackleton 
C. S. Shumway 
George M. Shutt 
Louis R. Smith 

Walter P. Taylor 
William A. Todd 
William A. Trubee 

James K. VanBrunt 
Lawrence E. Van Etten 
M. J. VanTassell 
Henri J. VanZelm 
J. Louis VanZelm 
Herman T. Vulte 

Frederick H. Waldorf 




Hon. Fredk. H. Waldorf 
War Mayor of New Rochelle 




Hon. George Gillespie Raymond 



THE CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE 1 7 

Raymond J. Walters George Ellis Widmer 
F. F. Ward 

Howard R. Ware J. Addison Young 

George Watson Russell A. Young 

James R. Watson Walter H. Young 



SEVENTH DIVISION, FIRST BATTALION, NAVAL 
MILITIA 

By Wilbur A. Hains 

February 4, 1917, immediately after the United States 
broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, the Seventh 
Division, First Battalion, Naval Militia, New York State, 
was ordered to mobilize at its quarters, 175 Main Street, 
New Rochelle, New York, under the command of Lieuten- 
ant Henry Tilton Williams, and to proceed to Ward's 
Island, New York, where a heavy guard was placed for the 
protection of the New Hell Gate bridge. The Seventh 
Division, with other units of the First Battalion, con- 
tinued this guard duty until March 28, 191 7, when they 
were detached, and returned to their quarters at New 
Rochelle. 

April 6, 1917, immediately after the United States 
declared war with Germany, the Naval Militia of New 
York State was ordered to mobilize under the command 
of Commodore Robert P. Forshew. 

The Seventh Division, First Battalion, Naval Militia, 
New York State was mobilized at its quarters, 175 Main 
Street, New Rochelle, New York, one hour after receipt 
of order, equipped and ready for moving when ordered. 
At midnight on the above date the Division was ordered 
to proceed at the earliest possible moment to First Bat- 
talion Headquarters, U. S. S. Granite State, foot West 
97 th Street, New York City, and report to the com man d- 

18 




Boys of the Seventh Division Bringing Home Wounded Soldiers 



SEVENTH DIVISION, FIRST BATTALION, NAVAL MILITIA 19 

ing officer of the First Battalion. Under command of 
Lieutenant Henry Tilton Williams, the Division, consist- 
ing of four officers and fifty-seven enlisted men, pro- 
ceeded to the North Avenue station, where they embarked 
on the 5.46 A.M. train, arriving at the U. S. S. Granite State 
at 7.00 o'clock A.M. 

Immediately after boarding the U. S. S. Granite State^ 
extra equipment was issued, and promptly at 11.00 
o'clock A.M. the whole First Battalion, Naval Militia, 
New York, under command of Captain Charles L. Poor, 
left the U. S. S. Granite State, and marched down Broad- 
way to the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry to Jersey City 
where they embarked for Philadelphia. At Philadelphia 
the Battalion was marched to the League Island Navy 
Yard and assigned to the U. S. S. Ohio and the U. S. S. 
Indiana, which became temporary quarters. 

The following officers and men of the Seventh Division, 
First Battalion, Naval Militia, New York, volunteered 
their services, and answered the call of the President of 
the United States, April 6, 1917. 

Lieutenant, Henry T. Williams (in command) 
Lieutenant, Fred L. Rupp 
Lieut. -Surgeon, Clifford H. Fulton 
Ensign, Leo J. Murray 
Electrician ist Class, William C. Poellmitz 
Boatswain s Mate ist Class, Thornton A. Sullivan 
Boatswain s Mate 1st Class, John M. C. Shinn 
Boatswain s Mate 1st Class, George W. Sullivan 
Boatswain s Mate 2d Class, George Hartley 
Gunner s Mate 2d Class, Elmer E. Lacy, Jr. 
Gunner s Mate 2d Class, Louis Di Palma 
Gunner s Mate jd Class, Frederick D. Kistinger 
Bugler, Thomas H. Hartley 



20 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 



Seamen: 



Philip C. Atkinson 
Arthur C. Barnes 
Alfred J. Betts 
Christian F. Beusse 
Raymond H. Burger 
Thomas P. Burke 
Charles E. Burkhart 
Joseph T, Brunner 
Gabriel R. Capeci 
Charles Carravetta 
Thomas J. Condon 
Lawrence Di Palma 
Edwin P. Daly 
Henry A. Englebert 
Bartolow Ferraro 
Frank T. Galligan 
George A. Galligan 
Harold E. B. Haagensen 
Michael J. Hannan 
James C. Hitchcock, Jr. 
Henry A. Hodder 
William H. Jordan 
Lawrence W. Keeshan 
William H. Koch 



Henry M. Lester 
Charles B. Molyneaux 
John F. Molyneaux 
Leland E. McDaniels 
William K. O'Connor 
Lewis T. Odell 
Nicholas P. O'Toole 
William Raymond 
Frederick J. Reilly 
Joseph C. Ruhl, Jr. 
Vincent B. Scavetta 
Edward J. Scott 
Clifford G. Sears 
Harry P. Smith 
John Solemene 
John Stockhammer 
Thomas J. Sweeney, Jr. 
Edward L. Tahaney 
Joseph Taylor 
Anthony P. Touro 
Mark C. Treacy 
Arnold Vander Roest 
Lawrence J. Ward 
Robert A. Williams 



After the Seventh Division were quartered aboard the 
U. S. S. Ohio and Indiatia, the work of assigning the officers 
and enHsted men to duty at various stations and ships 
was immediately begun. Lieutenant Henry T. Williams 
was assigned to duty at the Fourth Naval District Station 
at Lewes, Delaware, and at Pier 19, North Wharves, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; Lieutenant Fred L. Rupp to the U. S. S. 
Vermont^ and later to the Ordnance Department at 



SEVENTH DIVISION, FIRST BATTALION, NAVAL MILITIA 21 

Washington, D. C; Lieutenant-Surgeon Clifford H. Ful- 
ton to U. S. S. Carola IV^ a submarine chaser assigned 
to duty in the North Sea, later to U. S. S. Noma (Vincent 
Astor's private yacht) patrolling the waters of the North 
Sea, later to U. S. Base Hospital No. 5, Brest, France. 
Ensign Leo J. Murray to command U. S. S. Scout Patrol 
number 639, later to U. S. S. Indiana^ patrolling United 
States Atlantic coast. 

Working parties were established to repair the interned 
German ships, Kronprinz Wilhelm^ renamed U. S. S. Von 
Steuberiy and the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, renamed U. S. S. 
Baron DeKalb. The machinery of these ships was badly 
damaged and crippled by the German crews before they 
were taken off as prisoners of war by the United States 
Government. Many men of the Seventh Division were 
assigned to this duty. After these two ships were put in 
commission the following men of the Seventh Division 
were assigned to the U. S. S. Baron DeKalb; gunner's 
mate, Louis Di Palma; seaman: Thomas P. Burke, 
Thomas J. Condon, Lawrence Di Palma, James C. Hitch- 
cock, Jr., Lawrence W. Keeshan, Henry M. Lester, Arnold 
Vander Roest. These men made sixteen round trips 
across the Atlantic, • carrying troops to Brest and St. 
Nazaire, France. 

The Seventh Division men who were assigned to the 
Von Steuben were also engaged in transport work, and 
also made a trip to the Pacific coast via the Panama 
Canal. 

Seamen Lewis T. Odell and Charles Carravetta were 
assigned to the U. S. S. Destroyer Fanning. This de- 
stroyer with the U. S. S. Jarvis, another destroyer of the 
type of the Fanning, were the first destroyers to be sent 
across the Atlantic for the purpose of breaking the block- 
ade which Germany and her submarines had established 



22 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

ofF the Irish coast. The following data are taken from a 
diary which Seaman Odell recorded: 

"Left United States June 14, 1917, with other de- 
stroyers and joined first troop ships to go across with 
United States troops. Arrived at St. Nazaire, FVance, 
June 24, 1917. On June 22d, submarine attack; no 
damage. July 13, 1917, at ten a.m. we picked up two 
lifeboats with survivors of the torpedoed Greek ship 
Chareleos Treicoupis which was torpedoed at 7.15 a.m., 
July 13, 1917. July 28th, we picked up three lifeboats 
with thirty-eight Hindoos and Englishmen, crew of the 
torpedoed ship Belle of England^ torpedoed 12.15 p.m., 
July 27th. September 3, 1917, while convoying seven- 
teen merchant ships, we were attacked on starboard 
side by submarine, but no damage sustained. Opened 
fire on 'sub' and was later advised by British Royal 
Navy that we sunk 'sub.' October 7th at 3.35 p.m. 
submarine attack on our starboard bow. We dropped 
depth bombs on her; horse shoe life buoy, oil, and 
wreckage came to surface; 'sub' was damaged or sunk. 
October i ith, U. S. S. Jarvis and Fanning escorting S. S. 
Maumee^ the Captain of the Fanning received letter of 
congratulations for work done on October 7th. October 
1 8th, at 9.00 A.M. S. S. Madura torpedoed. Three men 
killed; we picked up five boats and thirty-seven sur- 
vivors. At 12.45 P.M. same day we sighted submarine; 
dropped depth charges; wreckage and oil came to 
surface. November 17, 19 17, under way at 11.25 a.m. 
with three other destroyers and convoy of eight mer- 
chant ships. At 4.15 P.M. sighted periscope, dropped 
one depth charge; two minutes later 'sub' came to 
surface and crew came through hatchways to deck of 
'sub'; they manned the guns of the 'sub' and we fired 



SEVENTH DIVISIOxN, FIRST BATTALION, NAVAL MILITIA 23 

two shots from our forward gun and they threw up 
their hands over their heads and cried ' Kamerad.' One 
of the crew jumped off the stern of the 'sub' and was 
seen no more. About 4.25 p.m. we drew alongside of the 
damaged 'sub' and made a line fast to tow her into 
port, when we discovered that she was sinking. Crew 
jumped overboard. We picked up thirty-nine officers 
and men, one man jumping overboard after being saved. 
He never came up. The rest of the 'sub' crew were 
held prisoners and transferred to the U. S. S. Melville. 
November 19th Admiral Bailey, Royal Navy, came 
aboard and congratulated officers and crew o{ Fanning, 
and said the Fanning deserved entire credit for the 
sinking of Submarine U-58, and capturing crew of same. 
November 20th, Captain Pringle came aboard with a 
message of congratulations from Admiral Sims to the 
officers and men of the Fanning. April 25th, May 9th, 
May 1 2th, May 22d, May 26th, June 8th, and August 
5, 191 8, we engaged submarines, dropping many depth 
charges, and in many cases there was evidence of oil 
and wreckage, but the results were doubtful." 

Seaman Charles Molyneaux of the Seventh Division 
was a member of the crew of the U. S. S. Jarvisy and he 
also saw about the same service as the crew of the Fanning. 

Seamen Edward J. Scott, Clifford G. Sears, and Joseph 
C. Ruhl, Jr., were assigned to the U. S. S. ^uinnebaug, and 
were engaged in laying mines in the North Sea, and off 
the coast of England and Ireland. 

Boatswain's Mate Thornton A. Sullivan was assigned 
to U. S. Mine Sweeper No. i, which kept the channels 
clear of enemy mines in the waters of France and England. 

Boatswain's Mate George W. Sullivan was assigned as 
special bodyguard to Colonel House during the Peace 



24 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Conference in Paris, and received a letter of commenda- 
tion from Colonel House for the excellent service he 
rendered. 

Chief Boatswain's Mate George Hartley was transferred 
from U. S. S. Wasp to U. S. S. George Washington where he 
was appointed Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate, having 
charge of stowing cargo, etc., during the two trips Presi- 
den Wilson and staflF traveled abroad to represent the 
United States in the Peace negotiations. 

The Seventh Division was represented on the following 
ships of the U. S. Navy: 0/z/o, Indiana^ Vermont^ Baron 
DeKalb, Von Steuben^ Fanning^ Jarvis^ Carola IV ^ Noma^ 
Wasp^ Zara^ Michigan^ CanonicuSy St. Louisy ^uinnebaugy 
Mine Sweeper No. i, Minneapolis y George Washington y 
Che^enney GraJ WalderseCy Columbiay U. S. Hospital Ship 
Comforty and Scout Patrol No. 639. 

The Seventh Division, First Battalion, Naval Militia, 
New York, was the only trained military organization 
in New Rochelle, and was the first to enter the World War. 
The officers and men, in every instance, were efficient, 
and with very few exceptions, promotions were numerous, 
from the commanding officer to the seamen second class, 
some being rated from one grade to another higher up 
three and four times during their term of service. 

Out of the sixty-one men who entered the Federal 
service, only two casualties are recorded as follows: 

Seaman Robert A. W^illiams died at Naval Hospital, 
Philadelphia, June 4, 1917, three hours after he had been 
attacked with spinal meningitis. He was the first from 
New Rochelle to be recorded on the casualty list. 

Boatswain's Mate Frank T. Galligan, U. S. S. Wasp and 
Zaray died of influenza at Flushing Hospital, December 17, 
1918. 

During the war the local Naval Militia Armory was in 



SEVENTH DIVISION, FIRST BATTALION, NAVAL MILITIA 25 

charge and control of Lieutenant Amos O. Squire of 
Ossining, N. Y. It was used by Dr. Edwin H. Codding 
and staff members of the New Rochelle Exemption Board, 
for the purpose of examining recruits for the army draft. 
It was also used by Lieutenant H. Q. French, Jr., State 
Training Commission, for the purpose of drilling young 
men between sixteen and eighteen years of age. In Decem- 
ber, 1917, when New Rochelle was overcrowded with 
army recruits, the local armory housed two hundred and 
fifty men daily for ten days. These men were fed and 
cared for by the New Rochelle Chapter of the Red Cross, 
under the supervision of Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian. 

In January, 191 8, Huguenot Lodge No. 46, Free and 
Accepted Masons, presented to the Seventh Division a 
large service fiag containing sixty-one blue stars on a white 
field, the stars forming a fouled anchor representing the 
Naval Militia emblem. Two gold stars were added for 
the two deceased members who died in the service of 
their country. 



THE MILITARY COMMITTEE 
By Jere Milleman 

At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Citi- 
zens' Protective Committee, Mr. Jere Milleman was 
appointed chairman of the Military Committee with 
authority to appoint other members, and later announced 
as follows: 

Walter P. Blackman, George A. Casey, A. B. Cordner, 
Rodney Gibson, Sidney W. Goldsmith, H. L. Gutterson, 
E. Irving Hanson, Ernest E. Johnson, L. C. Ketchum, Jr., 
E. W. King, William F. Kolbe, Gray Miller, F. X. O'Con- 
nor, Henry C. Perley, William O. Raymond, Harry J. 
Schley, Walter P. Taylor, and Russell A. Young. 

At a meeting of the Military Committee held March 
25, 1917, Mr. Russell A. Young was elected Secretary. 
It was then decided to call a public meeting and ask for 
enrollment of citizens of New Rochelle for Home Defense. 
The circular reproduced on opposite page was distributed 
at the railroad stations and throughout the city. 

At this meeting the hall was well filled and addresses 
were made by a number of prominent citizens with the 
result of a large enrollment. The committee divided the 
enrollment cards so that those under thirty-five years of 
age would be under the Military Committee and those 
over that age were sent to the Committee on Police 
Organization. 

Those enrolled under the Military Committee then 

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PUBLIC MEETING 

FOR 

PATRIOTIC CITIZENS 

Friday, March 30 

8.15 P. M. 

at ELnS CLUB 

(Le Roy Place Entrance) 

EMINENT SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS THE MEETING. 



PURPOSE: 

To enroll all citizens for home defense of New Rochelle. 

You owe it to your family, city, and country to attend 
and enroll. 

Under the auspices of the 

MILITARY COMMITTEE of 
CITIZENS' PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE. 

WM. B. GREELEY, President JERE MILLEMAN, Chairman 

Citizens' Protective Committee. Military Committee. 

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28 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

drilled twice a week at Knights of Columbus Hall, Elks 
Hall, Tierney Hall, Liberty Hall, and Stephenson School, 
under sergeants from Fort Slocum. 

Colonel Walter P. Blackman was selected by the Mili- 
tary Committee to command all units who intended to 
drill. 

Three hundred wooden rifles were purchased and as 
soon as weather permitted the offer of the Beechmont 
Association of their oval for drill purposes was ac- 
cepted, and the Westchester Lighting Company installed 
a number of large electric lights to illuminate the 
oval. 

Of the enrollment of 679 men, 181 were given to the 
Police Committee. 

An organization known as the "New Rochelle Military 
Association" had been formed in February, 191 7, to drill 
and to prepare young men in case of war. Mr. Ernest E. 
Johnson was the principal factor in organizing this asso- 
ciation and it resolved to come in under the Military 
Committee under the designation of Company A. Com- 
pany B was formed from the remainder of the enroll- 
ment. 

The following officers were appointed or elected for the 
two companies. 

Co. A. Captain^.. E. Johnson 

First Lieut. W. O. Raymond 
Second Lieut. Kenneth Kyle 

Co. B. Captain H. J. Schley 

First Lieut. H. L. Gutterson 
Second Lieut. E. L Hanson 

Later when a number of men had enlisted in the service 



THE MILITARY COMMITTEE 29 

or joined the National Guard the following were elected 
as officers of Company A. 

Captain Herbert Milligan 
First Lieut. Henry Southwick 
Second Lieut. James J. McCloskey 

The Fourth Ward Democratic Club under its president 
Mr, Job G. Sherman sent an enrollment of two hundred 
and drilled as a unit. 

The colored residents with Mr. Samuel J. Davis as 
leader enrolled sixty-seven and drilled in their own hall 
as a unit. 

The B. P. O. Elks enrolled a separate unit under the 
leadership of Mr. George H. Mohr. Its drills were held 
regularly under members who were former National 
Guard officers. 

The Young Men's Hebrew Association also enrolled a 
separate unit under Mr. Arthur May and drilled in their 
own hall. 

Sergeants from Fort Slocum who were experienced in 
drilling new men and imparting military knowledge were 
detailed by the Military Committee to all units as drill 
masters. Colonel Blackman would take command after 
drill by the sergeants and drill Companies A and B in 
platoon, company, and battalion movements. In time 
these companies became so advanced that they were 
drilled in skirmish and firing tactics. 

Later in the summer the Rochelle Park Associaton 
offered the use of their green for drill purposes and as it 
was more convenient than Beechmont Oval their offer 
was accepted. On the anniversary of the Battle of Lex- 
ington, April 19th, a horseman representing Paul Revere 
rode up Main St. to wake up the city, followed by a parade 
of the following who were reviewed by the Mayor, officials 



30 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

of the city and the president of the Citizens' Protective 
Committee: 

City Police 

Fort Slocum Band 

Fort Slocum Companies 

Naval Militia 

Spanish War Veterans 

Junior Naval Reserve 

Enrolled Military Men, uniformed and rifles 

Enrolled Military Men, rifles and not uniformed 

N. R. Fife and Drum Corps 

New Rochelle Rifle Club 

Enrolled Military Men, no rifles or uniforms 

Co. B, Junior Order of American Mechanics, uniformed 

Cotter Band of New Rochelle 

Minute Men 

Highlander Band 

Huguenot Engine Co. 

Medical Corps 

Enrolled Auxiliary Policemen 

Sons of Veterans 

Moose Defenders 

Y. M. C. A. Drum and Fife Corps 

Fourth Ward Democratic Club 

St. Paul's Boy Scouts Troop No. 5 

Colored Men 

Westchester Lighting Co. 

This was an excellent turnout after only four days' 
preparation and showed that New Rochelle was awake and 
prepared for any emergency. 

The Junior Naval Reserves cooperated with the Mili- 
tary Committee and rendered valuable assistance and 
were ready and anxious for any duty. 




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Nearly all the men of Companies A and B purchased 
their own uniforms, and a number of citizens contributed 
to a fund to help those unable to do so. Companies A 
and B were then fully equipped. 

A large number of the men in the different units en- 
listed in some branch of the service and others were drafted. 
The training they received in New Rochelle proved a 
great help to them in the new army organizations to which 
they were attached. Most of them soon became non- 
commissioned officers and later rose higher in the ranks. 

On Memorial Day, May 30, 1917, all the units under 
the Military Committee paraded and made a creditable 
showing. 

All the drafted men of New Rochelle were invited to 
drill under the officers of Companies A and B, and the 
Westchester County Committee also sent each drafted 
man a notice to report for drill at Rochelle Park, the result 
being that the large number who took advantage of this 
had some knowledge of military drill and tactics before 
they entered the service. All reported afterwards that 
the drilling they had received in New Rochelle was of 
great value to them. 

The officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of 
Companies A and B, the officers and privates of every 
other unit, and the members of the Military Committee 
all "did their bit," and contributed their full share to- 
wards "winning the war." 



THE FIRST AND SECOND LIBERTY LOANS 

By Hon. Harry E. Colwell, Chairman 

When the United States Government decided to put 
out their first issue of government bonds for carrying on 
the war in June, 1917, they had no idea of the magnitude 
of the work that would be necessary to float several billion 
dollars' worth of bonds. The Federal Reserve Bank, 
upon which the task of floating the bonds was entrusted, 
appointed committees in the various communities of the 
United States, and in New Rochelle designated the follow- 
ing committee: 

George F. Flandreaux Raymond J. Walters 
William W. Bissell H. E. Colwell 

H. E. Colwell was asked by Hon. Benjamin Strong, 
Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank, to act as chair- 
man. The Committee, all being officers of the local banks, 
thought that the bond issue could be handled by them, and 
adding the President of the People's Bank for Savings, 
Mr. George Watson, the Committee undertook the task 
of handling the subscriptions for New Rochelle through 
the local banks. Advertisements were placed in the local 
papers, and everybody urged as a public duty to subscribe 
for the first Liberty Loan to the extent of his ability. 

The total amount of subscriptions received by the local 
banks in New Rochelle was $579,400. This was very 

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THE FIRST AND SECOND LIBERTY LOANS 



33 



good, considering the fact that no special effort was made 
by canvassers, speeches, or such efforts resorted to, in 
other Liberty Loans, to reach the people. 

When the Second Liberty Loan was ready for subscrip- 
tions in October, 191 7, Hon. Benjamin Strong, Governor 
of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York City, appointed 
the following Committee for New Rochelle and again 
appointed H. E. Colwell as Chairman of the Com- 
mittee: 



E. M. Chase 
Julius Kusche 
E. E. Paul 
R. L. Forbes 
T. W. Greenslitt 



R. J. Walters 
G. F. Flandreaux 

W. W. BiSSELL 

A. L. Hammett 
H. E. Colwell 



Some of the men on this Committee who had been active 
in the First Liberty Loan, from their previous experience 
decided to add to the Committee the following members, 
making a Committee of fifty to cooperate with them, and 
also a W^oman's Auxiliary. The Committee of fifty 
consisted of the following: 



Jere Milleman 
Charles Otten 
Alexander Anderson 
George G. Raymond 
Walter G. C. Otto 
W. R. Page 

D. GiRARDI 

George L. Cade 

E. S. Young 
C. W. Barnes 
W. G. Rainsford 
John J. Flynn 

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Julius Prince 
Oscar Heyman 
Columbus O'D. Iselin 
Ernest Iselin 
E. W. King 
W. A. Moore 
Walter P. Blackman 
C. B. Allen 
H. B. Downey 
J. C. Gleason 
Leslie P. Harris 
Frederick Jenkins 



34 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Rodney Gibson James D. McCann 

Marc Klaw J. Howell Price 

James Bertram John J. O'Connor 

Walter P. Sheldon John H. Scofield 

C. W. Bryan T. J. Sullivan 

C. B. Gaylord \V. W. White 

W. B. Gray R. R. Coates 

Edward Cordial E. Irving Hansen 

Warren Meighan John H. Troy 

Leo Fallon Fred Gade 

C. A. LoRiNG Alexander Ward 

Sidney Goldsmith William M, Harding 

Clinton Noyes Arthur T. Leon 

George I\L Wood R. C, Kaiser 
Walter C. Tindall 

The Woman's Auxiliary appointed by the Committee 
consisted of the following members, with Mrs. William AL 
Harding as Chairman: 

Mrs. Wheeler H. Peckh.ajvi Mrs. H. G. B. Dayrell 
Mrs. Walter R. ]NLa.rvin Miss Bessie A. Mortimer 
Mrs. Charles S. Porter Miss Ella Fife 
Mrs. Nathan Kaminski Mrs. J. P. Donovan 
Mrs. E. L. Bill Mrs. "c. J. Dunlap 

Mrs. W. B. Kershaw Miss Henrietta Chanut 

Miss Leona L. W^alker Mrs. Nathan Fonda 
Mrs. M. J. Keogh Mrs. L. E. VanEtten 

Miss Georgine Iselin Mrs. Hugh Baxter 

Mrs. Howard R. Ware 

The total amount of subscriptions received through the 
local banks was $1,729,350. A large number of sub- 
scriptions made through New York banks which should 



THE FIRST AND SECOND LIBERTY LOANS 35 

have been credited to New Rochelle were not allowed to 
us. The Committees all worked zealously for the loan, 
but no house-to-house canvass was made and none of the 
strenuous efforts used in later campaigns were thought 
necessary at that time to float a government loan. 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 
By Walter G. C. Otto 

In the opening days of December, 1917, New Rcchelle 
was under a cloud. For about a month previous all the 
newspapers of the United States had been carrying a story 
to the effect that moral conditions in New Rochelle were 
bad and that the danger to the soldiers was great. One 
of the largest recruiting stations in the East, Fort Slocum, 
is located in New Rochelle, and it had been reported to the 
Federal authorities that, in violation of law, liquor was 
being sold to enlisted men at the various saloons and halls 
in the city. Later developments proved that these stories 
were almost without exception untrue, and always ex- 
aggerated, but at the time a sensational raid in New 
Rochelle was made by United States Marshal McCarthy, 
and one of the proprietors of one of the larger saloons was 
arrested, charged with the violation of the law in having 
allowed the sale of intoxicants to men in uniform. The 
raid was made under sensational circumstances, and by 
direct accusation and innuendo it was generally made to 
appear that New Rochelle was, indeed, in a bad way. 

Then came New Rochelle's chance to vindicate 
herself, and the manner in which she did so will always 
form one of the most interesting chapters in her history. 

The second week in December, 191 7, was cold — un- 
usually cold — and the harbor opposite the Glen Island 
dock where the boat leaves for Fort Slocum, which is 

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4. Recruits in Trinity School 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 37 

situated on an island in Long Island Sound, was already 
beginning to choke up with ice. For quite a time the 
recruiting for the Regular Army at Fort Slocum had been 
increasing and men from various parts of the East were 
being sent there from other depots. The reason for this 
was simple. The Selective Service Act, generally known 
as the Draft Law, had gone into effect early in the summer 
of that year and the regulations of the War Department 
from Washington had been issued, under which young 
men eligible for service in the draft were given the alter- 
native of voluntarily enlisting up to the 20th of December. 
While this, of course, was generally known to young men, 
it had not become a matter of general knowledge in New 
Rochelle, and apparently the officials of the War Depart- 
ment had made no adequate provision for the reception 
of the great numbers of men who sought to enlist in the 
last few days before the opportunity of voluntary service 
was ended forever. 

The first intimation that the general public of New 
Rochelle received that vast numbers of men were about to 
come to the city was on Monday, December loth, at about 
four o'clock in the afternoon, when Mr. W'illiam B. 
Wheeler, Superintendent of the Westchester Electric 
Railroad Company, received a telegram from the United 
States Recruiting Station in Boston, saying that a special 
train with five hundred applicants was on its way to New 
Rochelle, and asking that proper facilities be arranged to 
transport these men from the railroad station to the Glen 
Island dock, and also saying that the train would arrive 
about an hour later. That train, however, did not arrive, 
but every north and south bound train arriving at the 
New Rochelle station dropped off groups of from forty to 
one hundred and fifty men, who were immediately carried 
to the dock. 



38 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

At about 7 P.M. Inspector George INIcGaffin came trom 
the dock and informed Mr. Wheeler that there were about 
seven hundred men down at the water who could not get 
over to the Fort because the small boats were unable to 
make the trip and the large government boat was tem- 
porarily laid up. 

The thermometer was about ten degrees above zero 
and the wind was blowing a gale. Many of the men were 
poorly clad, and fully half were without overcoats, because 
they had been told at their recruiting offices that the 
fewer civilian clothes they carried the better, since they 
would soon be wearing army uniforms. 

Mr. Wheeler telephoned to Colonel Kingsbury, in 
command at Fort Slocum, informing him what the condi- 
tions were. The Colonel said that he had no knowledge 
as to the number of men who were coming, that he had 
not been instructed to make any special provisions, and 
that he did not know how he could provide the necessary 
accommodations. It was clear that something must be 
done to take care of these men. Mr. Wheeler returned 
trom the dock, where he had been to personally see what 
the conditions were, but before doing so had advised 
Colonel Kingsbury that the large barn of the Westchester 
Electric Railroad Company, which would provide shelter 
for some five hundred men, would be thrown open for 
their use. Mr. Wheeler then went to a meeting of the 
Board of Governors of the Republican Club, of which he 
was a member, and there found President Irving Camp 
and others. It was decided to throw open the hall at once 
and to take in as many men as it could accommodate. 
All the men in the club volunteered to help, and Mr. 
Walter Coffin went over to the waiting-room on Mechanic 
Street and directed the men to the Club. Applicants 
continued to arrive from time to time, although the special 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 39 

train had still not put in any appearance, and in fact did 
not arrive that night at all. 

It was clear that before the night was over there would 
be more than a thousand men in New Rochelle- — cold, 
hungry, and friendless, and shelterless. It was then that 
the community spirit, which thereafter so wonderfully 
developed in New Rochelle, saw its birth. 

By nine o'clock at night the news of conditions had 
spread throughout the town. Mr. Camp had called up 
Dr. Johnson of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. Lee Lash of 
the War Camp Community Service, and Mr. Sidney 
Magnus took up a subscription and secured sufficient 
money to buy food for the men who had found shelter at 
the Republican Club. Shortly after this. Dr. Johnson 
threw open his church to the men, and with Mr. McKenna 
as a guide, groups of recruits were gathered up at the 
waiting-room of the railroad station and the others were 
brought up from the Glen Island dock, where they had 
been waiting for the Fort Slocum boat, and were made 
comfortable either at the Club or one of the churches, for 
by this time the Methodist Church had been also opened 
by Dr. Beattys. 

At about the same time Mr. Marmaduke Clark, the 
Y. M. C. A. Director at Fort Slocum, arrived, having been 
directed by Colonel Kingsbury to do what he could to 
look after the comfort of the men. 

Dr. Miller, Mrs. Lee Lash, Mrs. Harry Childs, Mrs. 
Robert A. Osborn, and many others threw open their 
homes to take in the boys. The storekeepers were aroused 
out of bed and the bakeries were emptied of their wares, 
and the Red Cross Canteen, with Miss McDowell and the 
other wonderful women workers, toiled all that night, 
making coffee and sandwiches for the hungry recruits. 

The City Council had been in executive session, but 



40 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT AVAR 

when they heard of the peaceful invasion they adjourned 
their meeting and with other citizens aided in the work of 
relief. 

The proprietor of the dance hall which had come in 
for such opprobrium during the preceding month, Mr. 
Jacob Grab, threw open his hall and provided food and 
lodging for some 250 men. 

The Knights of Columbus Hall was opened, as were the 
various Fire Houses, the Elks' Club House, the meeting 
room of the Naval Militia in the Masonic Hall, the Police 
Station, and various other public halls in the city. 

By the morning of Tuesday, December nth, the whole 
city was awake to the situation. It was seen at once that 
something must be done to organize and centralize the 
work of distributing the recruits as they arrived. A 
meeting was, therefore, called of those who had been 
active in the work of the night before, at 2.30 o'clock 
in the afternoon in the basement of St. John's Methodist 
Church, with representatives from the various organiza- 
tions in the city. Rev. Harry H. Beattys presided at the 
meeting, and Mr. Marmaduke Clark of Fort Slocum 
stated that he was present representing Colonel Kings- 
bury. There were also representatives present from the 
Red Cross, the Woman's Club, the Knights of Columbus, 
the Republican Club, the Citizens' Protective Committee, 
the Y. M. C. A., and the various churches. The meeting 
was informal in character but it was soon seen that some 
more formal organization was necessary if any effective 
work was to be accomplished. It was finally decided that 
the hall of the Knights of Columbus on Center Avenue 
would be used as a sort of clearing house for all the arriving 
recruits, and that from there they would be distributed 
throughout the other halls and places in the city. 

It was also apparent at once from the greatly increased 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 41 

numbers of recruits who arrived during the morning that 
the conditions on Tuesday night would be much worse 
than on the night previous. The weather was still bitterly 
cold and the men arriving were chilled to the bone. 
During the day some four thousand men arrived in New 
Rochelle. Volunteer workers sprung up on every hand 
to assist in the work. 

By common consent Mr. Marmaduke Clark was placed 
in control and in general charge of aftairs at the Knights of 
Columbus Hall, with the writer as his assistant. 

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the spirit of en- 
thusiasm, of altruism, and of the desire to help one another 
that immediately manifested itself on every side through- 
out the city. Scores and scores of people came to the 
Knights of Columbus Hall, asking what they could do to 
aid in the work of taking care of the men who were about 
to become members of the army and to go overseas to 
fight for the safety of the homes in this country. Generous 
citizens came with baskets of food, and the kitchen at the 
Knights of Columbus Hall worked to its fullest capacity, 
preparing coffee and stews and roasts to satisfy the 
famished and shivering youngsters. 

No words can begin to tell the efforts, the work, and the 
sacrifice which was made in those first two or three days 
of the week by Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian, head of the local 
chapter of the Red Cross, and Mrs. Horace F. Howland, 
who was head of the Canteen Division. To name the 
women who aided in this noble work would be to name 
each member of the organization — for of shirkers there 
were none — and yet withal the work was so heavy that it 
never seemed to be quite done. 

At the Knights of Columbus Hall, where the men first 
arrived, it was not an infrequent scene to have four 
hundred or five hundred cold but happy boys sitting 



42 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

down together at one time, while Miss Henshaw, Miss 
Fletcher, Mrs. Christie, and the other able and conscien- 
tious women, under the able direction of Mrs. Charles W. 
Campbell, helped to hll and refill their plates with steaming 
stews and their cups with boiling coffee. 

By the late afternoon of Tuesday, the 1 1 th of December, 
every church and public hall in New Rochelle had been 
pressed into service. The Rev. Charles F. Canedy had 
opened the Parish House at Trinity Church, and Dr. 
Beattys of the Methodist Church had sent for and re- 
ceived extra cushions from out of town, which were used 
for beds by the tired visitors. The First Presbyterian 
Church was thrown open by Dr. Reynolds, and the Young 
Men's Hebrew Association, under the able direction oi Ir. 
L. K. Goldman, was receiving scores and scores of men, 
and Rabbi Stern at the Temple Israel saw that none 
lacked attention. 

In accordance with the desire of the authorities at Fort 
Slocum, it was planned to keep the men together as much 
as possible at night, much to the disappointment of 
hundreds of patriotic citizens who flocked to the Knights 
of Columbus Hall, asking that they might be given what 
they considered the privilege of housing these young 
Americans over the night. 

By Wednesday morning, the I2th of December, Fort 
Slocum was so crowded that word was sent over that no 
more men could be received at the Fort after ten o'clock 
in the morning, although they were being shipped out 
from Fort Slocum to other points as fast as they could be 
handled through the Medical Department, and as fast as 
uniforms and other equipment could be rationed out. 

By Wednesday the public schools had all been pressed 
into service and the classes dismissed. New Rochelle was 
a new citv. All business seemed to be at a standstill, and 



"RECRUIT WEEK " 43 

by common consent the only interest of the citizens was 
the comfort and the welfare of the boys who had de- 
scended upon them, anxious to do their bit. 

All day long groups of young men and boys marched 
about the city singly and in groups, and sometimes in 
impromptu parades, thrilling the residents with their 
eagerness in a way that nothing can ever equal. Realizing 
the danger that might happen if these crowds of boys 
became unruly, all proprietors of liquor saloons had been 
asked not to serve strong drink to the recruits, and 
almost without exception the saloonkeepers of the city 
complied with the request. 

The weather up to the night of the 13th had continued 
cold and clear, but in the early evening of the 13th snow 
began to fall heavily. By ten o'clock the trolley system of 
the city had to be abandoned because the tracks were 
choked with snow. All the night of the 13th the storm 
continued, and for almost the whole following day the 
city was without transportation facilities. 

The change in the Knights of Columbus Hall was, of 
course, at once apparent. The boys came in — no longer 
dry and cheerful — but wet and gloomy. Something had 
to be done at once to arouse their spirits. As in every 
critical moment, the circumstances mold the men, and 
there at once arose good and willing workers who led the 
men in song and cheering, which brightened their minds 
and aroused their flagging spirits as nothing else could have 
done. 

The writer will never forget the inspiring scenes he 
witnessed as hundreds and hundreds of men would troop 
in through the front door of the Knights of Columbus Hall 
and march into the rear hall in columns of twos and fours, 
dripping wet and cold — almost to the point of numbness — 
but smiling and cheerful the minute the music rang out 



44 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

and the songs started, usually commencing with Over 
There, which was sung with a gusto, that spoke well for 
the spirit which was later to be translated into action on 
the bloody fields of France. 

At all the halls, provision was made for the furnishing of 
free writing material and stamps to the men so that 
they might write home. Mr. W. H. Mahoney donated 
fifteen thousand postals. Wherever possible, groups oi 
young women banded themselves together into impromptu 
entertainment committees, and danced and sang with the 
boys so that they might forget the temporary hardships 
which they were undergoing while waiting until they 
should become part of the great army in the process of 
upbuilding. 

Mr, Jule Delmar, Mrs. Lee Lash, and others secured 
trom the New York City theatrical booking offices, pro- 
fessional vaudeville artists, who came to New Rochelle 
and went from hall to hall where the boys were congre- 
gated to furnish them with amusement and keep their 
minds occupied with pure and wholesome entertainment. 

There never was a time during the first three or four 
days when there were less than three thousand or four 
thousand visiting young men in our midst, and that there 
were no disorders of any kind during the entire stay of the 
recruits, speaks not only well of the kind of material then 
going into the army and for the boys themselves, but also 
for the loyalty and faithfulness of the people of New 
Rochelle who were anxious to forget themselves and work 
only for these young men during the time they spent with 
us. While the voluntary bodies of the Police Auxiliary 
and the Minutemen were in attendance, their services 
were never required to quell trouble. 

A crisis arrived on Friday, the 14th, that made it look 
for a time as if the situation would quite get out of hand 







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and beyond the control of the citizens of the city. Word 
was received in the late afternoon that all men in the 
city of New Rochelle who were not then actually at Fort 
Slocum would be returned to their homes to await their 
entry into the army under the Selective Service Act. 
Consternation reigned in the ranks of the men as well as 
in the minds of the citizens who were in charge of the 
housing of the recruits, because no one knew what spark 
might kindle the dissatisfaction of the boys into a great 
and glowing conflagration. They were led to believe that 
they had until the 15th of December to voluntarily enlist. 
Many of them were absolutely penniless, having left all 
their goods and money at home, except for just enough 
car fare to bring them to New Rochelle. Most of them 
had no clothes other than the few on their backs, and 
many of them were tired, hungry, disappointed, and, 
perhaps, a little homesick. It was realized at once that 
four thousand or Ave thousand young men in a city like 
New Rochelle, with a population of thirty-five thousand, 
could not be controlled if they should become unruly. 

A committee of citizens, consisting of Mr. William B. 
Greeley, President of the Citizens' Protective Committee, 
Rev. Dr. Beattys, Mr. Columbus O'D. Iselin, and the 
writer, journeyed over to Fort Slocum to see Colonel 
Kingsbury to ascertain what could be done to secure the 
countermanding of the order. 

The trolley was not running, so this little committee 
commandeered a sleigh that was going by, and were driven 
down to the dock. The writer will never forget the im- 
pression made upon him as we neared the dock and were 
both thrilled and dismayed to see approaching us a column 
of soldiers, marching with fixed bayonets and acting as an 
escort to a number of civilian army clerks carrying bags 
of money with which to repay such necessary expenses as 



46 NEW ROCHELLE: IIER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

might be incurred in connection with the return of the 
boys, and several typists who were to prepare the 
necessary vouchers to be given to the men as they were 
ordered home. While we asked the command to wait 
until we had seen Colonel Kingsbury, they, of course, 
declined to do so and continued up to the Knights of 
Columbus Hall to begin their work, while we journeyed 
across to the Fort. 

Colonel Kingsbury received us politely, and told us 
that he as well as we realized the gravity of the situa- 
tion, and that he was doing everything in his power by 
long-distance telephone and wire with Washington to have 
the order countermanded, but in the meantime prepara- 
tions must go ahead. 

There were over five thousand men in New Rochelle 
that night — and to say that they were dispirited and the 
Citizens' Committee in charge of arrangements down- 
hearted and fearful, is to but mildly express the actual 
feelings of all those concerned. 

The Mayor of the city, Mr. Edward Stetson Griffing, 
of course, had realized the danger of the situation and had 
gotten into communication with Governor W^hitman at 
Albany on the long-distance telephone, as a result of which 
an order was made closing all the saloons in the city of 
New Rochelle. 

When the little committee of citizens, who had waited 
on Colonel Kingsbury, returned to the Knights of Colum- 
bus Hall, they were both astonished and delighted to learn 
that a message had just been received from Adjutant- 
General McCann to Mayor Griffing and to Colonel Kings- 
bury that the order had been rescinded, and that all those 
men who were actually in New Rochelle would be allowed 
to be voluntarily incorporated into the Army. Thus one 
of the tensest moments during the week passed off with- 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 47 

out trouble and to the satisfaction of both the men, the 
citizens, and the government. 

The presence of the recruits had now become almost a 
matter of course, and the city had become used to the 
new way of living. How the conditions of war alter the 
usual mode of life was at once brought home to all. 

The writer will never forget going down to the First 
Presbyterian Church with Mr. William B. Greeley on the 
evening of Friday, the 14th. We walked together first 
into the church rooms. On benches and chairs in every 
conceivable position were groups of boys and men — read- 
ing, talking, and some sleeping. The air was full of smoke, 
and here and there a card game was in progress. We 
walked through the rooms and into the church proper, 
which was ablaze with lights, and sprawling on the cush- 
ions on the right hand and on the left were recumbent 
forms, sleeping or reading, and many of the boys smoking 
either cigarettes or pipes. It occurred to the writer then 
that if some of the members of that church of other days 
could have returned and seen such use of their church 
edifice, they would, indeed, have been struck with a holy 
horror, and yet at that moment it seemed to us in no way 
incongruous, but a proper and right use of the building. 
These men were homeless and they were comforted. These 
men were cold and they were warmed. These men were 
sorrowful and they were cheered. In what better way 
could the spirit of Christ have been exemplified! And 
what was seen in that church on that occasion was but a 
duplication of what was to be seen in every place of wor- 
ship in the city. Protestant, Catholic, and Jew knew no 
distinction one from the other. 

The Jewish Synagogue on Bank Street had its quota 
of men, and Father Andrew Roche's Church of the Holy 
Family on Mayflower Avenue was the scene of many a 



48 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

cheerful gathering during the week. No one wanted to 
know what a man's religion was. All that anybody wanted 
to know was — did the recruit need anything for his mind 
or his body, and if he did it was immediately sup- 
plied. 

The Sunday services of December the i6th in all the 
churches were crowded to full capacity. 

By Monday, the 17th, the fame of what New Rochelle 
had been doing had spread throughout the United States. 
Telegrams and letters were received from the governors 
of all the New England States and from the mayors of 
manv of the New England cities, and Pennsylvania citi- 
zens, thanking the people of New Rochelle for what they 
had done and were doing for their sons. 

The boys themselves were grateful, and in many ot the 
churches they insisted upon taking up contributions, 
although these were discouraged, in order to present little 
testimonials of gratitude to the various organizations. A 
watch was presented to Dr. MacGregor of the North 
Avenue Presbyterian Church by the young men who had 
spent some time with him. To Dr. Beattys and his church 
was presented a flag; to Father Roche, a loving cup, and 
the boys who had spent some time at the Naval Militia 
headquarters and in the Masonic Hall, and whose interests 
were so thoroughly and carefully looked after by the 
Masons of New Rochelle, presented a loving cup to the 
city. It was here that a committee of energetic young 
women, including the Misses Floyd, Carter, Lambden, 
and many others had been especially active. 

A young man by the name of Richard R. Pavlick of 
Boston, Mass., then conceived the idea of taking up a 
collection from all the recruits still in town, not to exceed 
ten cents each, so as to make it easy for all to join, tor 
the purpose of procuring a fund for which a permanent 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 49 

memorial of what the citizens of New Rochelle had done 
might be procured. Young Pavlick really worked him- 
self sick, with his ceaseless energy and boundless activity. 
By the 17th he had collected nearly I5C0, and it was then 
decided to hold a parade and to make a presentation of the 
gift to the citizens of New Rochelle. The parade in which 
over four thousand participated took place on the after- 
noon of Tuesday, the i8th of December. Mr, Pavlick 
made the presentation on behalf of the recruits, and his 
gift was accepted on behalf of the citizens by the Rev. 
Dr. Beattys. At the same time the following set of reso- 
lutions which had been adopted were read: 

" I. Resolved that a tablet of gratitude to the kind 
.people of the City of New Rochelle, N. Y., who at a 
time when conditions were most unsettled gave up their 
churches, homes, schools, clubs, and halls to house 
recruits who were thrust upon them by Uncle Sam in his 
endeavor to defeat the aims of the German militarism, 
be erected in the City of New Rochelle. 

"2. Resolved that the matter of placing this tablet 
be left to the discussion of the Citizens' Protective Com- 
mittee or any other committee appointed by them to 
carry out our aim. 

"3. Resolved that the formal presentation take 
place at the Public Library Building on December 18, 
1917, at 2 P.M. 

"4. Resolved that Chairman Pavlick deliver the 
presentation address; and be it 

"Further Resolved that the public be invited, and 
that these minutes be published through the Associated 
Press. 

"John E. Kelly, 

^^ Secretary." 



50 NEW ROCHELLE: HER TART IN THE (,REAT WAR 

In order that the memorial might take some proper 
form, a committee was appointed, consisting ot Dr. Albert 
Leonard, Superintendent of Schools, John A. Offord, 
Orson Lowell, Mrs. Lee Lash, and William B. Greeley. 
Manv designs for a memorial were submitted to this 
committee, which finally accepted one especially designed 
by a former resident of New Rochelle, Mr. Frank Tolles 
Chamberlin. A bronze tablet was struck of^', which was 
dedicated on ^Llrch 15, 1919, and now adorns the walls of 
the Public Library where the presentation had originally 
been made. The inscription on the tablet reads: 

"This tablet is erected by the volunteers of the 
National Army in grateful appreciation of the kindly 
welcome and warm hospitality extended to them by the 
people of New Rochelle from December 10th to icth, 

1917- 

" Coming in such numbers that the Recruiting Station 
at Fort Slocum could not provide accommodations tor 
them, these thousands o{ men tound tood and shelter 
in the homes and public buildings of the city while 
awaiting reception into the service ot the nation." 

By the morning of Thursday, the 2cth of December, the 
last of the recruits had left New Rochelle and the city 
settled back into the humdrum ot its usual existence. 

Looking back now after almost two years, it is almost 
impossible to single out any one of those active in the 
service from that of another during those trying but 
wonderful days. New Rochelle had, indeed, vindicated 
itself. The women were especially marvelous in the care 
and attention they gave to the boys. 

The precision and uniformity with which the assignment 
o\ the various men from the headquarters at Knights of 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 51 

Columbus Hall to the various other halls and churches 
could not have been possible had it not been for the de- 
votion to duty not only of Mr. Marmaduke Clark, but of 
Mr. Charles O. King no longer a resident of New Rochelle, 
and to Mr. Charles Wernig, Jr., who has since passed to 
his great reward. Without the careful tabulation of these 
two men confusion would have been inevitable. During 
that week the writer often saw them on duty twenty and 
twenty-two hours at a stretch without rest, snatching a 
bite here and there when possible and stealing a few 
moment's sleep on a bundle of blankets or overcoats in 
some corner of the room while the noise of tramping feet, 
of singing, of cheering, and of tingling telephone bells, 
made a constant bedlam. 

To begin to enumerate all those who participated in the 
work is quite impossible. There was no church in the 
city — -from the Christian Science Church to the foreign 
language churches, such as the Swedish and the German 
churches, which did not do its share and its bit in the 
colossal task. The Boy Scouts were ever present, and 
without the essential aid of the Red Cross, which gener- 
ously provided blankets and food wherever necessary, the 
whole work would have been hopeless. 

All that was done was done without hope of reward, 
without the expectation of compensation, but generously 
from an open heart and with a free hand. The Govern- 
ment, however, woke up tardily to a realization of the task 
it had imposed upon New Rochelle and later made an 
allotment of forty cents per man per day as a ration 
allowance for what the citizens had contributed. This 
money when received was disbursed among the various 
organizations in an equitable way under the guidance of 
Mr. E. G. Reynolds, Jr., and Mr. Jere Milleman, to the 
satisfaction of all. 



5:; NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

New Rochelle had indicated itself! New Rochelle 
had more than indicated itself — New Rochelle had come 
out gloriously from a period ot trial. The country at 
large was mindtul ot what the little community had 
done, and it became a stirring example for the rest 
of the country, to show what it could do in the days 
of stress and in the various war drives which after- 
wards followed. 

Of course the boys themselves were mindful ot what 
had been done. On December 14th, a memorial, a copy 
o\ which is given below, was forwarded to Representa- 
tive James Husted to be laid before Congress. There 
were more than tour thousand actual signatures to the 
document. 

"We, the undersigned, citizens of the States of Maine, 
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Is- 
land, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and New 
Jersey, in nieeting assembled, unanimously request that 
there be spread upon the public records ot Congress the 
heartfelt thanks and appreciation that we feel for the 
self-sacrihce and unselfish spirit shown by the citizens 
of New Rochelle, N. Y., who have opened their houses, 
institutions, churches, schools, fraternal organizations, 
public buildings, and private homes, and denied them- 
selves the use thereof that we, strangers, 4CC0 strong, 
answering the call to arms, who through unavoidable 
circumstances have been placed in their midst might 
enjoy the ordinary comforts of home life. Our apprecia- 
tion is much greater by reason of the fact of the citizens, 
numbering only js,cco, have ted and sheltered on short 
notice and with great inconvenience a body ot men at 
one time equalling in number about one-ninth ot the 
population." 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 53 

In :i lighter vein, but none the less appreciative, was the 
postal which the writer happened to see before it was 
gathered in the mail. Though meant for no stranger's 
eye, it had the ring of sincerity: 

" My dear Percy: 

" Pretty girls, dancing, the best food in the land, ice 

cream, cigars, cigarettes — anything you can think of. 

If this is war, then why, oh why, was I not born in the 

trenches? 

" Sam." 

The Government at Washington was also appreciative, 
and under date of December 17th Mayor Griffing received 
the following telegram: 

"The Secretary of War desires me to convey to you 
and the citizens of New Rochelle his grateful apprecia- 
tion for the handsome assistance rendered by New 
Rochelle to the military authorities in caring for the 
unprecedented numbers of applicants for enlistment 
at Fort Slocum which crowded that post beyond its 
capacity. 

''{Signed) Henry P. McCann, 

" Adjutant-General.'^ 

On December 17th the following editorial appeared in 
the New York World: 

"The Invasion of New Rochelle 

"When the history of the American war preparations 
is written, it must certainly include an account of the 
invasion of New Rochelle and the prompt and resolute 
arising of that suburban community to meet the emer- 



54 NKW ROCHELLE: HER PART I\ THE GREAT WAR 

gency. It was, to be sure, only a peacetul invasion. It 
merely happened that an army division ot raw recruits, 
volunteering to escape the draft, had swamped the 
accommodations at Fort Slocum and been turned back 
on the town. Even so, they had to be housed and fed 
and kept warm, and the amount ot destruction ten 
thousand appetites can wreak on bacon and eggs and 
coffee and rolls, the amount ot cubic space required for 
sleeping quarters tor this number of boys, and their 
demands in the way ot entertainment, are readily 
understandable. 

" That New Rochelle was able on the spur of the 
moment to take care ot the human indentation speaks 
well for the power ot organization and administration 
of its people. They opened their churches and halls 
and homes and kitchens to the stranded soldiers, put 
their motor cars at their disposal, took them to the 
theater, and treated them altogether as guests. They 
arose to the occasion, indeed, in a way to compel ad- 
miration, and turned what might have proved an 
awkward situation into a practical demonstration of 
what intelligent public spirit and cooperation can do in 
solving problems ot preparedness. It was only a local 
problem, it is true, but the example is none the less 
important." 

On the same day a glowing editorial appeared in the 
New York Evening Mai/, and the following day there 
appeared a long editorial in the New York Eve}iiugJoin-nal 
entitled "New Rochelle Teaches the Enemies of the U. S. 
a Lesson," that was copied throughout the land. 

It is written (Heb. xiii., 2): "Be not forgetful to enter- 
tain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels 
unawares." And so New Rochelle fultilled the biblical 



"RECRUIT WEEK" 55 

injunction. If it entertained no angels it at least did 
entertain real men, and it emerged from its ten days of 
service, a cleaner, a better, and a happier community 
with a memory to be forever cherished and an example to 
be thereafter emulated by all. 



THE LOYALTY OF THE DRAFTED MAN 

By Hon. Edward Stetson Griffing 

Chairman of the Local Board of the City of New Rochelle, 
U. S. Selective Service 

The loyalty of the boys of New Rochelle in the draft 
was a splendid example. Not only were the boys them- 
selves enthusiastically patriotic, but their mothers, 
fathers, sisters, and sweethearts were equally patriotic. 

The sincere and earnest patriotism of substantially all 
of our seven thousand men from eighteen to forty-five 
in the various drafts in New Rochelle was an inspiration 
to all on the Selective Service Board that will never be 
forgotten. In all of the thousands of cases we handled, 
there was but one in which there was a really serious 
attempt to evade the service, and not more than a dozen 
cases in which unwarranted exemption was seriously 
demanded. And ev^en in these cases the claims were urged 
by parents much more than by the boys themselves. 

In many of the cases in which a mother had insisted 
upon a claim for exemption, a personal talk over the 
family conditions of the particular case invariably re- 
sulted in her agreeing that her boy should go. It was 
glorious to see how these same mothers, when they under- 
stood the situation, tearful, of course, at giving up their 
boys to the service of their country, yet smiling proudly 
through their tears, were glad at heart that their boys 

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THE LOYALTY OF THE DRAFTED MAN 57 

were also going to do their share of whatever sacrifice was 
necessary for their country. 

We had a very large number of remarkable experiences 
with cases of married men with children, and men with 
dependent parents or sisters. A great many of these men 
refused to claim exemption. Upon having a personal 
talk with them, we found that they earnestly believed 
that their duty to their country was greater than their 
duty towards their dependents, and that they should not 
claim exemption, hoping that their dependents would be 
able to get along somehow. In most of these cases it was 
very evident that the feeling of duty to their country was 
most profoundly sincere, and was fully shared by the 
dependents. 

On the whole, we spent more time and worked harder 
to convince the many men with dependents, or those in 
part dependent that they should claim exemption, than 
we did in those cases in which exemption was claimed 
which we did not consider was justified by the circum- 
stances. It was remarkable how many cases we had in 
which we could get a man with dependents to claim 
exemption only upon our statement that for the present 
our "Uncle Sam" didn't need such men as much as their 
families or parents needed them, and upon our promise 
that as soon as all the unmarried boys were taken and the 
time came for married men to go to the war, we would 
put them at the top of the list. 

There was a story from the trenches substantially to 
the effect that the Drafted Men insisted that they were 
better than the Volunteers, because they had been 
"selected" for the service of Uncle Sam. The basis of 
that story was literally true in New Rochelle. Many and 
many a boy who was eager to enlist waited, upon the 
advice of our Board, for the operation of the Draft; and 



58 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

all the boys went off to the front in the selective service 
contingents just as eagerly as the many volunteers who 
c]uietly slipped out of New Rochellc day after day. 

When a contingent of New Rochelle boys departed to 
a camp, we needed no bands nor relatives nor throngs ot 
citizens to augment the enthusiasm ot the boys on our 
march from the City Hall to the railroad station. Every 
contingent was full ot eagerness and enthusiasm, and they 
seemed to vie with each other as to which could best prove 
his patriotism by the most enthusiastic demonstration. 

In justice and fairness to quite a large number ot our 
boys of suitable age and with no dependents, who did not 
go to the war, and who were accordingly looked upon with 
suspicion by their acquaintances, I welcome this oppor- 
tunity to explain, more or less officially, to the people ot 
our community a situation that was not always under- 
stood or appreciated. 

We had practically no substantial criticism or com- 
plaints of the fairness of our decisions; we had none trom 
the boys themselves, and none from their tamilies, barring 
the very few that would ot course occur in over seven 
thousand cases, in which the families did not agree with 
our views. But at times we would hear ot general criti- 
cism because a certain boy of draft age, apparently with- 
out dependents and apparently well and hearty, was 
exempted by us. 

It would not have been fair to the boy to explain the 
physical circumstances in any particular case. But it is 
proper and opportune to state that the physical require- 
ments for military service were very severe, and that in 
all these cases there was a condition of tlat-foot, hernia, 
underweight or size, faulty heart action, or detective eyes 
or teeth, to mention only a tew ot the physical disqualifica- 
tions, which were not noticeable to the public, but which 



THE LOYALTY OF THE DRAFTED MAN 59 

were an absolute bar to military service. And in a number 
of cases, a careful investigation, not only by the oral 
examination of the young man, but by independent per- 
sonal investigation of the circumstances, showed a situa- 
tion of dependents that was not even suspected by neigh- 
bors and acquaintances. 

I am very glad to have this opportunity thus publicly 
to relieve some of our boys who were forced to stay at 
home when their friends and neighbors thought they 
ought to be at the front, from the unjust suspicion of their 
patriotism. Most of them wanted most earnestly to go, 
but we could not take them because they were disqualified. 

1 have talked with many members of other Local 
Boards, and have read many accounts of the conditions 
in other communities in the newspapers and various 
official reports of the Selective Service Boards, and have 
been greatly interested in how New Rochelle compared 
with other communities. 

Just as New Rochelle furnished twice as many men for 
the war as the average throughout the United States, due 
to the very large number of volunteers, and just as there 
were twice as many boys from New Rochelle who gave 
their lives for their country as the average of the entire 
United States, so the enthusiastic loyalty of our New 
Rochelle boys and their families was far greater than the 
average of the country. 

While the sense of responsibility in handling and de- 
ciding upon the fortunes and in many cases the lives of 
our boys, and frequently the happiness or despair of their 
relatives as well, was a tremendous load for the members 
of our Board, our burden was infinitely lightened by the 
enthusiastic patriotism of all our New Rochelle boys and 
by the hearty cooperation of their relatives. 
The boys of New Rochelle have again added especial 



60 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

luster to the fame of our fair city, and the history of our 
community already rich in the memory of many notable 
episodes during her existence of well over two centuries 
is again enriched by the glorious record of the earnest 
patriotism and the enthusiastic loyalty of the drafted 
men of New Rochelle. 



A CRITICAL MOMENT 
By Hon. Edward Stetson Griffing 
Then Mayor of the City of New Rochelle 

In the eventful week known as "recruit week" the 
recruits kept swarming into New Rochelle faster than 
Fort Slocum could take care of them. The Fort had been 
organized to handle eight hundred a day; this capacity 
was increased to twelve hundred and finally to two 
thousand; but they came in such numbers that the people 
of New Rochelle finally had over seven thousand boys in 
their care at one time, owing to the failure of Fort Slocum 
to accommodate them. The blizzard had made our 
streets almost impassable. Transportation of blankets 
and supplies was next to impossible, and the telephone 
and telegraph wires were crippled by the storm then 
raging, and, at the same time, overloaded with emergency 
business. And still the boys kept coming in by every 
train from all over the northeastern part of the United 
States, from Pennsylvania to Maine. 

The Executive Committee was in session studying how 
to meet the emergency when we were confidentially in- 
formed that the War Department had decided that the 
only thing to be done was to send the boys back home. 
Although the commanding officer at the Fort had vainly 
urged the authorities at Washington to continue to re- 
ceive the boys into the service, in spite of his request 

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h2 NKW HlH'HELLE: HFK r.\HT IN THK GUKAT WAR 

orders were issued to start to p;n' ott the bo>s that after- 
noon, discharge theni, and send theni to their respeeti\'e 
homes. 

A eornniittee was immediately appointed to wait on the 
Colonel commanding at the Fort, in the hope ot averting 
what would no doubt prove a sore disappointment to the 
recruits, if these orders were carried out. As it was next 
to impossible to wade through the slush and snow to the 
Fort, and no other vehicle was available, the several 
members oi the committee commandeered a grocer's 
pung to take them to the Fort Slocum dock. The dignified 
members of the committee, all appointed because of their 
high standing in the community, so as most to impress the 
army authorities, stowed themselves away as best they 
could in the pung, which slowly started on its laborious 
journey through the heavy slush, a noted clergyman 
seated on the antiquated dashboard, and the Mayor of 
the City with his legs hanging over the rickety tailboard. 

Upon arriving at the dock we found no boat there, and 
it was then late in the afternoon. We had just passed the 
Army Paymaster and some military clerks, carrying type- 
writers and records, starting for headquarters to pay of^ 
and discharge the recruits at once, in accordance with 
orders, l^pon consultation it was decided that the jNlayor 
should return to the City Hall to attend to many much 
needed matters awaitiiig hini there while the rest of the 
committee should proceed to the Fort as soon as possible. 

I'pon arriving at the City Hall the Mayor convened the 
Board of Estimate and called into consultation the Comp- 
troller, the President of the Council, the Corporaticn 
Counsel, the City Clerk, the Chief of Police and the execu- 
tive heads o\ the citizens' police organization. 

We realized that the recruits, who were all volunteers, 
had iust bade tjood-bve to their relatives and friends, and 



A CRITICAL MOMENT 63 

had traveled hundreds of miles to get into the service, 
would naturally feel upset and disappointed at being 
summarily discharged and sent back home without even 
getting into the army. We also realized that we faced a 
still bigger problem than the one we already had on our 
hands, viz., how the people of a city of less than forty 
thousand would be able to care for seven thousand recruits 
in a blizzard, and at a moment's notice. For whether the 
bovs were taken into the service or discharged, it would 
take more than a week for the Fort to handle the conges- 
tion or the railroad to take the boys away. 

The Board of Estimate voted 1^5000 for immediate use, 
and $15,000 more as needed, and the Mayor was informed 
that the Board of Estimate would vote all the funds that 
were necessary to provide for the boys. Orders were issued 
for all policemen off duty to report at once for continuous 
night duty. The seventy-five Minute Men and the 
three hundred and fifty Auxiliary Police were also ordered 
to mobilize at Police Headquarters at 8 r.M. for all-night 
duty. 

It was deemed advisable to close all the saloons im- 
mediately. While we believed that more than three- 
quarters of the saloons would in the emergency close at 
once upon the request of the Mayor, yet i't seemed unwise 
to run the risk of having the other saloons remain open. 
But the Corporation Counsel advised the Mayor that he 
had no legal authority to close the saloons even in the 
emergency that confronted the city. 

Although the telephone wires were working very badly 
on account of the storm, just before five o'clock the Mayor 
managed to get a wire through to Albany, and talked to 
the Governor of the State on the phone. He explained 
the conditions and asked the Governor for author: ty to 
close the saloons at once. Under the statute recently 



64 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

passed the Governor had such authority, if so requested 
by the Excise Commissioner. 

The Governor sent for the Excise Commissioner, the 
wire being held, and the Excise Commissioner was advised 
of the situation in New Rochelle. He at once officially 
advised the Governor to act, as was required by the statute. 
The Governor, having thus acquired authority, dictated 
and signed an order directing the Mayor of New Rochelle 
to close the saloons at once because ot military necessity. 
The Governor read the order over the phone to the Mayor 
and said he would confirm it by telegraph. 

The clerks in the various offices in the City Hall, who 
had been held for the purpose, were set to work type- 
writing the notices to the seventy saloons in the city, 
which were signed by the Mayor as soon as prepared, and 
delivered to various police officers tor immediate service 
all over the city. It was noted that by six o'clock, just 
before the contirmation telegram was received trom the 
Governor, the lights in the saloons along Main Street 
began to go out. By eight o'clock every saloon in the 
city was closed. 

While the Mayor was telephoning the Governor, he 
was also trying to get the War Department at Washington 
on the phone. The report came back that the wires were 
down, and that the service was so crippled that there had 
been no communication with Washington for several 
hours. 

The Mayor claimed priority for his connection because 
of military necessity, which was granted by the Telephone 
Company officials, who promised to get a connection 
through to W'ashington if it was humanly possible. With- 
in fifteen minutes, communication with Washington was 
restored, and, in spite of the storm, the crippled con- 
dition of the wires and the heavv militarv traffic over 



A CRITICAL MOMENT 65 

them, the Mayor was given a connection with the War 
Department at Washington. 

Upon stating the situation to the operator, the Mayor 
was switched on to the head of a Department, who in turn 
transferred the call to General McCain personally, the 
Adjutant-General of the United States, who was the 
Executive Head of the War Department, and next in 
authority to the Secretary of War himself. 

The Mayor informed the Adjutant-General of the 
situation: that New Rochelle was housing and feeding 
over seven thousand recruits; that they were all comfort- 
able in halls, churches, and private houses and that every- 
body in the entire city was cooking for, or taking care of 
the boys night and day. He said that the people of New 
Rochelle both could and would continue to take care of all 
the recruits that came in until they could be taken care of 
by Fort Slocum, and that every man, woman, and child in 
New Rochelle was glad to have this opportunity to help 
the War Department. He urged upon the Adjutant- 
General that it was unwise, unfair, and unjust, after these 
boys had traveled in many cases hundreds of miles to 
enter the service, to send them back home. The Mayor 
reported his interview with the Governor, and his action 
with respect to the saloons and his preparations to meet 
any difficulties that might arise, and urged the Adjutant- 
General to rescind the orders and take the boys into the 
service. 

Meanwhile the Army Paymaster had actually started 
in to pay off and discharge recruits in accordance with the 
orders, much to the chagrin of the boys. This was re- 
ported to the Adjutant-General. 

Upon being assured that the people of New Rochelle 
and the city government had the problem well in hand, and 
that New Rochelle was able to take care of the recruits 
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66 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

and feed and house them, that we were glad to do this as 
one of our contributions to our country in the war, that 
the city had voted ample funds, and that citizens stood 
ready to contribute, the Adjutant-General, in the nam.e of 
the Secretary of War, thereupon rescinded the order to 
discharge the recruits, authorized the Mayor to so advise 
the Colonel pending the receipt of a formal order to that 
effect which would be telegraphed to him at once, and 
that he was authorized to stop discharging the recruits 
and to take them all into the service. 

The Colonel at the Fort was notified at once and the 
discharging was stopped. The recruits were happy again, 
and the crisis was over at six o'clock. 

That this was a good hour's work and tremendously 
appreciated by the boys, was very evident, when, at 
various gatherings of recruits in the halls and churches, 
they were told next day what had happened, their cheers 
shook the very foundations of the buildings. 

No one knows how it was done. It was seemingly 
impossible for a small city to feed and house seven thou- 
sand boys at a moment's notice, but everybody in New 
Rochelle worked without stint, day and night, on the 
problem, and took most excellent care of all the recruits 
as they came in, and not one failed to get into the U. S. 
Army. It was a record of which New Rochelle may well 
be proud. 



THE BOARD OF INSTRUCTION 
By Hon. George G. Raymond 

The Board of Instruction, Selective Service, for the City 
of New Rochelle was appointed in pursuance of a letter 
from the office of the Provost Marshal General, War 
Department, Washington, D, C, dated July 4, 191 8. 

The members of the Board were: 

Howard M. Miller, Chairman 

Hon. George G. Raymond, Secretary 

Henry Alexander 

Michael Bartnett 

H. deW. Bodmer 

Hugh J. Christie 

Edward J. Cordial 

H. T. Dougherty 

Walter Drey 

Michael W. Flynn 

L. K. Goldman 

Adolph Grant 

E. Irving Hanson 

Charles S. Porter 

John H. Troy 

George W'Atson 

Meetings were held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 
and in the Naval Militia Armory, Main Street and Le 

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68 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Count Place. The work of the board was to assist the 
selective service men in ev^ery way possible to enter camp 
physically, morally, and intellectually equipped so as to 
enable them to make rapid progress in becoming good 
soldiers. This was to be accomplished by "systematic, 
personal instruction given betorehand to each selective 
by members of a local committee of representative citizens 
in each board area, acting under the auspices ot the local 
board." 

It was recommended that each group ot registrants 
be given at least three talks or instructions. They were 
gathered for the first instruction at the time ot the medical 
examination, when personal interviews were held and 
special instruction given by individual members ot the 
board. Questions relating to various personal subjects 
were discussed and explained. 

The second meeting took place during the pre-induction 
period, and the third at the time of mobilization. The 
subjects discussed included the personal value ot military 
training, the possibilities ot advancement, etc., the work in 
camps of the Red Cross, the K. of C, the Y. iNI. C. 
A., the Jewish Welfare Board, and the Commission on 
Training Camp Activities, the Government provision for 
disabled soldiers, and in the event of death, of their families 
or dependents, through the War Risk Insurance Bureau, 
the Government provision tor allowances and allotments 
to soldiers' dependents, patriotism, good citizenship, 
moral vigilance, clean living, etc., the principles ot x\mer- 
ican democracy, good citizenship, personal character, 
conduct and habits, patriotic abstemiousness, camp life, 
soldierly ideals and obligations, obedience to authority 
and the cultivation of the practice of writing to the folks 
at home frequently. 

The members ot the Board endeavored to get into svm- 



THE BOARD OF INSTRUCTION 69 

pathetic personal contact with each registrant and assist 
him in every way to become a good American soldier and 
thereby contribute to that glorious American spirit that 
would help win the war. 

It was also recommended that "preliminary military 
drills be conducted to familiarize the men with first prin- 
ciples of military training and fundamental principles of 
military discipline, and in the customs, etiquette, and ethics 
of distinctive branches of the service." Many of the men 
had already availed themselves of the opportunity of ac- 
quiring elementary training by previously joining one of 
the Citizens' organizations then conducting drills, as a 
matter of preparedness. The Board of Instruction com- 
pleted plans for conducting military drills under their 
supervision in the .Naval Militia Armory and the High 
School building. The drills were to be conducted under 
the direction of regular army men from Fort Slocum, as- 
sisted by members of the Board of Instruction having had 
previous military training and experience. 

Members of the Board visited Camp Upton, Long Island, 
and the Naval Training Camp at Pelham Bay, for the 
purpose of familiarizing themselves with the duties and 
experiences of the boys, from their induction into the 
service to the time when they were ready to leave for 
"over there," and also to note the work of the United War 
Workers in the camps. 

Nearly three thousand of our boys served under the 
colors. Fifty-seven made the supreme sacrifice; a great 
number were disabled and injured. Many were decorated 
by our government and the governments of our Allies 
for valor and extreme bravery under fire. Truly a proud 
record for New Rochelle in the greatest war in history 
fought for one of the greatest known principles — " to make 
the world safe for democracy!" 



70 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Let us not forget the deeds of these brave men and the 
heroic women of New Rochelle, who served bravely in the 
cause of righteousness and who nursed and cared for the 
sick and wounded and in many other ways "did their bit" 
both at home and abroad. 



THE WORK OF THE LOCAL BOARD 
By Edwin H. Codding 

The first drafted men were those hurriedly called upon 
to mobilize the nation's war strength. With no oppor- 
tunity to plead business affairs or physical defects, no 
questionnaire in whose involved details might be found 
escape, they were ordered to engage at once upon a 
gigantic undertaking. 

The Government at Washington in entering upon a vast 
conscription attempt had but little in experience or 
precedent to guide it. The draft laws of the Civil War 
were so crudely drawn as to arouse indignation and hostil- 
ity and could now be used only as a warning of mistakes to 
avoid. 

Yet a system was evolved that in the main worked 
satisfactorily and by its fairness prevented distrust and 
opposition. 

Local Boards were appointed by the governors of the 
several States. They presided over districts of approxi- 
mately five thousand registrants. Above them were 
District Boards, presiding over the Locals for the 
purposes of reviewing decisions, acting upon appeals and 
as a court of first instance in industrial and agricultural 
claims, and over both the Local and District Boards were 
the Federal headquarters at the State capitals, and from 
this Federal headquarters came all our orders. 

The Local Board of New Rochelle consisted of Edward 

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",2 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE (.UEAT WAR 

Stetson GrifRng, chuirmaii; Charles Kamniemiever, secre- 
tary, and Dr. Edwin H. Codding; medical member. 

Each member being above the age limit for field service, 
we entered upon our duties most willingly as our part in 
winning the war. 

The government, while urging rigid economy, provided 
for a clerical force, office rental, supplies, and incidental 
expenses. Notwithstanding this, we never at any time 
called upon it for any of these expenses. By the help of 
volunteers in the clerical work, the freely given services of 
physicians, and the assumption by the city of the cost of 
supplies, we were able to witi for New Rochellc the follow- 
ing appreciation trom Governor Whitman: 

"The Local Board, 

"New Rochelle, New York. 
"Gentlemen: 

"The disbursing officer and agent o\ the I'nitcd 
States in the State ot New York informs mc that his 
books which have recently been closed for the fiscal 
year disclose the fact that your board has administered 
the draft in the city of New Rochelle without one penny 
of expense to the Federal Government. A dollar saved 
in the administration of the selective service law is a 
dollar for support oi the men on the firing line, and the 
patriotic action o\ your city, together with the pains- 
taking efforts of your board in making this economy 
record, may well serve as an example to all other boards 
in the State of New York in the future. 

"Please accept my thanks and hearty congratulations 
and extend the same to all the employees of your board 
who have loyally assisted you to obtain the above record. 
" Sincerely, 

"Chas. S. Whitman." 



WORK OF THE LOCAL BOARD 73 

The swiftness with which the machinery of the draft was 
assembled left room for adjustment and improvement. 
Orders were frequently given that were revoked over- 
night, conflicts of authority were frequent, mistakes in 
interpretation of regulations were constant. All this 
resulted after a few months in improved and workable 
regulations and the birth of the never to be forgotten 
questionnaire. 

This document will forever stand forth as an example of 
how to do a rather simple thing in an involved and com- 
plicated way. With the aid of a Legal Advisory Board, 
most of the registrants finally wandered through its mazes 
and solved its mysteries, but in 25% of cases we were 
obliged to recall registrants for corrections. 

From the answers given in the questionnaire we were 
obliged to derive information that would lead to a just 
classification. We did not, however, depend entirely upon 
these answers, but had recourse to investigators and the 
assistance in many instances of the police department. 
If we erred at times in our classification it was not because 
of lack of endeavor to obtain the truth. The majority of 
registrants submitted truthful statements but some prac- 
ticed great ingenuity in their efforts to escape service and 
many dependency claims were thrown out. 

Physical examinations were conducted at the Naval 
Militia Headquarters and as far as possible the methods 
obtained at army posts were followed. Some two thousand 
examinations were made and of the men sent to camps less 
than 5% were rejected. To do this work expeditiously we 
called upon the services of a large number of physicians 
and dentists. They gladly gave many hours of time 
gratuiously. The men rendering this service were the 
following: 

Physicians: August L. Beck, F. W. Dalrymple, Everett 



74 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

T. Darling, Chas. C. DeKlyn, Herman E. Doege, Matthias 
L. Foster, D. R. Perry Heaton, Clifford A, Hendrickson, 
Chas. A. Manson, C. Nelson Raymond, Clarence A. Read, 
John S. Reardon, C, Tefft Stevens, Henry W. Titus, Wm. 
I. Wallach, Edwin G. Woodruff, Frank M. Wright. 

Dentists: Frank E. Bugden, Clinton S. Hafford, Harry 
P. Massoth, A. Randall Ruskin, Ervin S. Ulsaver. 

In addition, many others assisted in clerical work at 
these examinations. Much confusion arose from the fact 
that, from time to time, the government established no 
less than five sets of standards. 

In one instance a group of men accepted on a Thursday 
evening were changed to the rejected class because of new 
standards received the following day and a short time 
later many of them were accepted for limited service 
became of still another set of standards. 

The great majority of rejections were because of under 
weight, under height, defective eyesight, or deficient teeth 
and it was noticeable that among the foreign born the 
deficiency in teeth was most marked. We encountered but 
few cases of malingering; several exhibited trusses that 
were surprisingly new, and some developed recently 
acquired defects of sight and hearing. A considerable 
number of those pronounced physically unfit received the 
verdict with ill-concealed complacency, but the vast 
majority were honest in their answers as to their condition 
and took the examination calmly and without protest. 
Many upon being accepted expressed a desire to be sent 
away with the next contingent. 

One colored man when told that he had been accepted 
said that he didn't mind fighting but he certainly wouldn't 
go out to pick up the dead. 

In all the work incidental to the draft we were struck by 
the manly way in which most of the men accepted their 



WORK OF THE LOCAL BOARD 75 

fate. Few of them had a desire to leave their homes to 
go into war but having no claim for exemption and being 
physically fit they accepted the situation without a 
murmur. 

Men were called into the service in order number as 
we received orders from headquarters; there was also 
a large number of individual inductions for men who 
by trade or profession were peculiarly fitted for needed 
services. 

Upon receipt of orders to send away a contingent the 
men were called upon to report at City Hall. Here they 
were informed as to their destination and given directions 
as to their conduct and the outfit they were to take upon 
these occasions, they were presented with comfort kits by 
the city, and cigarettes, candies, sweaters, and other articles 
by the Red Cross and other organizations. They were 
then allowed liberty until the following day when they 
were entrained. Going-away day was attended by music, 
parades, and farewells at the station. 

Not infrequently the gathering together of these young 
men and their departure for camp was attended by humor- 
ous incidents, and the marked cheerfulness of the men 
drove away depressing thoughts but at no time were the 
members of the local board unmindful of the sterner aspect 
of their task. 

The efforts of parents to smile through their tears as 
they bade their boys farewell, the struggles of the boys 
themselves to hide their feelings under laughing faces, and 
the general feeling that we were all engaged in a most 
serious business and parting from fine young chaps many 
of whom might never return, all this had a most de- 
pressing effect. Although we were doing our duty under 
the nation's orders we could not rid ourselves of a feeling 
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-6 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

our work we received orders to compile a vocational card 
for every registrant. 

At the suggestion of Washington this work was given to 
the teachers of our public schools. They very graciouslv 
began the work and completed it most satisfactorily. 
Soon after this came the **\Vork or Fight" order, designed 
to take men from unnecessary occupations and place them 
where they could contribute to the depleted working 
forces of the country. 

This order involved an immense amount of clerical 
work. Fortunately a volunteer appeared in the person of 
Mr. H. Gordon IMacWilliam and the many days he de- 
voted to the task placed us greatly in his debt. 

In many communities this order was badly needed and 
served a good purpose, but in this city it wrought but few- 
changes. Two or three bartenders laid aside their aprons 
and other insignia and a few very competent colored 
waiters became indifferent handlers of the pick and shovel. 
Otherwise, nothing was accomplished. During our activi- 
ties we registered 5604 men and sent nearly 9C0 into 
service. This number constituted but a little over one 
third of New Rochelle's contribution to the war, 

\Ye had a considerable number more ready to go and 
were at work upon the questionnaires of the September 
registration when the welcome armistice called a halt. 
There remained, however, an enormous amount of cleri- 
cal work, more compilations, more indexing, arranging, 
rearranging, and finally the gathering together of every 
scrap of paper that in any possible way bore any relation 
to the registrants. As all things must end, there finally 
came a day in March when everything was gathered to- 
gether, boxed, sealed, and started for Washington and the 
Local Board quit and called it a day. 



THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS 
By Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian 

The Red Cross, the mother of all humane organizations, 
knows no color or creed, but lends a helping hand to all 
suffering humanity. New Rochelle was already actively 
helping in the European War when the United States 
joined the Allies. A month before our country actually 
declared war, we began work on a war basis. The Y. M. 
C. A. offered us a room on the first floor as an office and 
a large room on the second floor was obtained as a work- 
room without charge. Work was done every day from nine 
o'clock in the morning until six at night. Garments for 
hospitals, such as shirts, nightingales, abdominal bandages 
and T. bandages were made and surgical dressings folded. 
The funds were provided by donations and entertain- 
ments. The officers in charge then were: 

Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian, Chairman 
Mrs. Adele LeCount Adams, Secretary 
Mrs. Charles W\ Barnes, Treasurer 

The work grew rapidly. The national organization 
had a commission close to the terrible scene of destruction 
and the needs of the moment were cabled to the national 
headquarters at W^ashington. From there the orders 
went to the divisions, whose calls were sent to the chap- 
ters, which relayed the orders to the branches and to their 

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7S NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

auxiliaries. New Rochelle is a branch ot the Westchester 
County Chapter and it has had at different times from 
sixteen to twenty auxiliaries, including the following: 

The Mayflower Aux., Mrs. M. G. Gehles, C/idirnidH 
The Winyah Ave. Aux., Mrs. C. B. Allen, 

C/uiirfnafi 
The Trinity School, Mrs. J. L. Youxg, Chuirnuni 
Huguenot School, Miss Grace Thwing, CJuurman 
North Ave. Church, Miss A\^n Cleve, Chairman 
Daughters oi Isabella, Mrs. T. R. O'Connor, 

Chairman 
Stephenson School, Mrs. \V. C. Tindall, Chairman 
Beechmont Aux., Mrs. H. D. Winans, Chairman 
King's Daughters, Mrs. Hubbell, Chairman 
First Pres. Church, Mrs. F. P. Palen, Chairman 
Salem Baptist Church, Mrs. S. B. Pray, Chairman 
Queen's Daughters, Miss MuRrHv, Chairman 
Mothers' Guild, Trinity, Mrs. H. G. O. Dunham, 

Chairman 
Parish House, Mrs. H. G. O. Dunham, Chairman 
Sisterhood, Temple Israel, Mrs. E. J. Levine, 

Chairman 
Daughters British Empire, Mrs. \V. J. Wallace, 

Chairman 
Catholic Women's League, Mrs. H. J. Christie, 

Chairmayi 
St. John's M. E. Church, Mrs. L. Wiltutte, 

Chairman 
Elks Ladies Auxiliary, Mrs. Edward A. Skinner, 

Chairman 

As the deadly work ot the instruments of war increased, 
the demands on the Red Cross increased also. Different 



THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS 79 

surgical dressings had to be made; classes were formed to 
instruct in First Aid, Home Hygiene, and the making of 
the numerous varieties of surgical dressings. Mrs. William 
O. Raymond who had so ably helped during the F-uropean 
struggle continued to do so. It was found necessary to 
divide the work, Mrs. J. H. Hutchens becoming Chairman 
of the sewing department and Mrs. William O. Raymond, 
Chairman of the surgical dressings. The demands grew 
as the horizon darkened. At the approach of cold days 
our boys asked for knitted articles to supplement those 
provided by the government. We began knitting, which 
became another activity. Mrs. Howard Miller was the 
first chairman of the knitting, and Mrs. Ernest M. Best 
succeeded hef. 

During the early spring the county called a meeting in 
Mount Vernon. Mrs, TenEyck was chosen Chairman 
of the County Canteens. She told what the canteens were 
doing in England and urged the communities near camps 
to establish canteens. Three kinds would be needed: 
The Emergency Canteen to care for the boys going through 
on trains; the Military Canteen near the camp, where 
volunteer ladies would sell little luxuries to the boys and 
be ready to help them with friendly advice; and the Rec- 
reation Canteen, where the boys could come for a meal, 
play the piano, and get acquainted with the right sort of 
women. 

New Rochelle had Fort Slocum at its doors and a Naval 
Station was being built at Pelham Bay. The chairman 
saw the necessity of establishing a Recreation Canteen at 
once for these places, and before the week was over the 
plans were made. Mrs. Horace Howland, who had thus 
far efficiently conducted the forming of different classes, 
was appointed chairman. Through the courtesy of Mr. 
Smith, we obtained the lower floor of a little building at 



8o NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

the corner of Mechanic Street and the railroad station. 
It was thought advisable not to have the upper floor 
rented to an outsider. The rental was |i8.oo and Miss 
Georgine Iselin offered to pay for it for six months. A 
uniform was a necessity to protect the boys from unscru- 
pulous women of enemy persuasion. I am glad to have 
this opportunity to explain to the public why we insisted 
on uniforms and why we had to be so particular in regard 
to all who applied as canteen workers. During the summer 
months, the chairman thought it would be advisable to 
have a Military Canteen at the gates of Fort Slocum where 
thousands of boys were being recruited daily. The chair- 
man applied to the city authorities who gave permission 
to make use of the pavilion at the dock. At first, with only 
a few workers, the Military Canteen was opened from lo 
A.M. to 9 P.M. It proved a great boon to the boys and the 
friends who came to see them. 

In the fall of 1917 the Y. M. C. A. found it necessary 
to ask us to vacate its premises. Then a wild search for 
workrooms was begun. Mayor Griffing offered us the 
Council Chambers at the City Hall, but we found it 
extremely unpractical. He then offered to pay the rent if 
we could find suitable headquarters elsewhere. The third 
floor of the Woolworth Building was secured and the city 
paid the rent. Messrs. Fish and Marvin also gave us a 
large room in the same building on the second floor. We 
moved into the new quarters but soon found the premises 
utterly inadequate for surgical dressings. 

Mrs. Raymond found it impossible to continue the 
chairmanship of the surgical dressings and on her resigna- 
tion Mrs. George T. Sinks took the chairmanship. Mrs. 
Sinks had been giving instructions and had rendered 
valuable assistance, but now she gave us all her time. 
We applied to the Library Board who Very kindly con- 



THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS 8l 

sented to let us have the exclusive use of the Library 
Hall, as well as a large room in the basement for pack- 
ing. How deeply we appreciated what it meant to us 
to be established in that large airy sanitary room after 
the struggle we had gone through for adequate accom- 
modations. 

Let me mention here the gratitude we owe to the 
Knickerbocker Press. From the very beginning to this 
day (our activities are not over yet) the Knickerbocker 
Press took all the cases from the basement of the New 
Rochelle Public Library and delivered them to the Atlan- 
tic Division Warehouses in New York. This meant 
hundreds of dollars saved to the treasury of our Branch. 
The goods were transported without delay. I wish I knew 
the names of the splendid men who did the work. Of 
course, Mr. Willox, of the Knickerbocker Press, was the 
chief benefactor, but all helped with such good grace and 
enthusiasm. I must also mention here Mr. Baker, the 
Manual Work teacher of the High School, who came one 
whole winter, with some of his pupils, nailed cases, and 
marked them for us. 

As the demands on the Red Cross grew larger. National 
Headquarters planned a fund drive in July, 1917. The 
chairman of the Branches took charge of this fund. 
Special thanks are due to Mrs. Lewis Iselin, who volun- 
teered to help. A word here in gratitude to the Iselin 
family is appropriate. When funds were low and the 
chairman was not only attending to the production and 
the various details that took all her time and attention, 
but also had to devise means for raising funds to pay 
for materials, Mr. Columbus O'Donnell Iselin offered us 
$1000 without solicitation. During the drive of July, 
1917, Mrs. Lewis Iselin brought the chairman |28,oco 
from the Iselin family. The total receipts of the drive 



82 NEW ROCHELLE: HER FART IN THE CJREAT WAR 

were $44,774.01, including Tag Day receipts which 
amounted to $3,585.88. All the funds were sent through 
the Chapter to National Headquarters, New Rochelle 
keeping none of them. As a Branch, we had to pay tor 
our own materials. The only revenue we retained was 
twenty-five cents out oi each tee ot one dollar membership 
and members were very tew at that time. The first 
membership drive was conducted under chairmanship of 
Mrs. George Tower. 

It was necessary to have a regular income. Mrs. T. \V. 
Greenslitt, our publicity chairman, suggested a pledge 
system which was a great boom. 

Mr. H. E. Colwell was elected chairman, captains and 
workers were appointed in the different districts, and 
pledges were received either for a year or for the duration 
of the war. We were at last relieved of anxieties; we 
could now concentrate all our attention upon work. The 
people of New Rochelle pledged $3500 per month from 
February, 191 8, to January, 1919, for Red Cross work, to 
be used for the purchase of materials. 

Our working plan was the following: A Purchasing 
Committee, Mrs. T, O. Wells, Chairman, bought the 
materials and had them delivered to the Cutting Com- 
mittee, Mrs. John W. Lieb, Chairman. There were stand- 
ard patterns for all the hospital and retugee garments. 
Mrs. Lieb, with her committee, cut and sorted all these 
garments in a large workroom in her spacious home and 
delivered them to the general workroom. This was a 
great task, especially when we were on the third floor ot 
the Woolworth Building. The Sewing Committee, Mrs. 
Hutchens, Chairman, saw to the distribution of the gar- 
ments to the different Auxiliaries and looked after their 
collection. Volunteer drivers transported the finished 
garments to the basement ot the Library, where an efficient 




Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian 
New Rochelle's Greatest Mother of Them All 



THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS 83 

force, with Miss Julia Engler as chairman, and later Mrs. 
Bloomfield Smith, inspected the tagging and tying of the 
garments in threes and fives. The Packing Committee, 
with Mrs. Harrison Dunham as Chairman, did exceed- 
ingly efficient work in packing from first to last. The 
Citizens' Protective Association had planned to do Home 
Service Work with Mr. Harry Patton as chairman of its 
sub-committee, which did excellent detailed work in the 
beginning. When it was found, however, that the United 
States Government recognized the Red Cross as the 
official Home Service Agency and expected to depend 
upon its records, Mr. Harry Patton became a mem- 
ber of our Executive Committee and rendered valuable 
assistance. 

Home service requires a trained welfare worker. Mrs. 
Fairfax Hall, who had had social service experience, was 
our first chairman and Mrs. Frank Wright, who also had 
had experience, was our second; but the demands of the 
work grew so rapidly that no volunteer workers could 
spare enough time. When Mr. Karl de Schweinitz, who 
had been Home Service Chairman for a short time, left 
New Rochelle, he placed Miss Svea Nelson at the head of 
the New Rochelle Home Service and she is still carrying 
on the work most efficiently. 

New Rochelle experienced a unique emergency during 
the last week of December. The government had issued 
an order that boys who volunteered up to the eleventh of 
December would have their choice of service. When they 
came pouring into our city by the thousands, literally, and 
Fort Slocum could not accommodate them, Dr. H. H. 
Beatty at a meeting called at the Parish House of St. 
John's M. E. Church asked the Red Cross chairman if 
the Red Cross Canteen was capable of handling the food 
question. The Mechanic Street Canteen was emptied of 



^4 Nl-.^V UOCHKLLE; UKU TAUT IN THE CHKAT WAU 

most of its furniture and was converted into a storehouse. 
The Red Cross chairman, with the help of the canteen 
chairman, bought the food and distributed it to the 
different churches, schools, and other public buildings 
where the men were housed. Great thanks are due again to 
Mr. C O'D. Iselin for immediately sending Mr. Cyrus T. 
Lloyd, an expert accountant, to check the receipts of food 
and keep the bills in order. Motors were entirely useless in 
the deep snow, Mr. C, O'D. Iselin, Mr. Adrian Iselin, and 
Mr. J. G. Agar very kindly ofl'ered the use of horses and 
wagons which were o\ invaluable assistance in the dis- 
tribution of food. The whole city helped, but an or- 
ganized body of experienced canteen workers was of the 
greatest value. When the W.ir Camp Community Ser- 
vice took over the Y. M. C. A. building and fitted it up as 
a Soldiers and Sailors Club, they asked the Red Cross to 
take over the canteen service. This we did, making in all 
three canteens at which we rendered service. 

Mrs. C. S. Jennison, who was a canteen worker at the 
Military Canteen at the Fort Slocum dock, was instru- 
mental in having it enclosed. Mr. Adrian Iselin was one 
of the generous contributors. This was a great protection 
as there was no room where the men and their triends could 
wait for the boat in the bitter winds of the severe winter. 
I really believe that it saved a great many from pneu- 
monia to hnd shelter in the friendly canteen during the 
storms. The following summer Mr. C. OT^. Iselin added a 
screened garden to the Military Canteen and Mrs. Adrian 
Iselin gave her personal attention to every detail tor the 
comfort of the volunteer workers and the men; but as 
the work grew the canteen was altogether inadequate to 
house all the following winter, and plans were drawn 
and most comfortable and convenient new quarters 
were built. 



TIIK WO UK OF THE UK I) CROSS 85 

National hea(l(|u:irtcrs arranged a second drive for 
funds. I^'rom January 1, 1918, to August i, 1919: 

Money received for Work 169,909.70 

Canteens 25,420.84 

Total Receipts l95,330-54 

Money paid out for Work $41,416.51 

Canteens 3SA95-75 

$76,912.26 

The money raised for the second Red Cross W^ar Fund 
reached a total of $105,237.68. The quota of New 
Rochelle was $50,000, which was raised in cash, and 
$55,237.63, secured in pledges. 

Great credit is due Mr. Charles R. Query, of Beech- 
niont, of the firm of Query and Calvert, certified accoun- 
tants of New York City, for his volunteer work as auditor 
of the New Rochelle Branch books since its inception. 

Mr. William J. Clark was in charge of this most success- 
ful drive. Official headquarters were established at St. 
John's M. E. Church. New Rochelle was assigned 12^% 
of this amount to meet the expenses of its local work, and 
for the first time any worry over funds was ended. 

Mrs. Herman Cokefair was appointed Assistant Treas- 
urer, keeping canteen accounts from October, 1918, to 
August, 1919. 

A Finance Committee is still in charge of the Red Cross 
money, of which very little was used because the Atlantic 
Division thought it best to devote our activities to fur- 
nishing materials and to cutting for the sake of uniformity 
in the work. Materials were distributed to all chapters 
and branches. In view of this, we asked our contributors 
to discontinue regular monthly subscriptions. 



86 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

In April, 191 8, Dr. Dorothy C. Smyley spoke in New 
Rochelle upon establishing a Red Cross Motor Corps and 
in May the New Rochelle Detachment of the Red Cross 
Motor Corps was organized, with Miss Teresa J. Carter 
as First Lieutenant in charge. This was a county activity 
and received all orders troni the comity headquarters or 
headquarters of the Metropolitan District, where Dr. 
Smyley was in charge. From June i, 191 8, to September 
15, 1919, the Motor Corps of New Rochelle covered 35,152 
miles and worked over 6969 hours. The citrps had a 
membership of forty-six active members. The New 
Rochelle ambulances were called to meet incoming hospital 
and troop ships bringing home our wtnuided boys. 

The Motor Corps performed efl-ective service during the 
influenza epidemic, at the time the Great Northern Steam- 
ship went aground, and in Rahway, New Jersey, when the 
Morgan plant exploded. Mr. J. \V. R. Crawford, oi 
Reechmont, was the first to otf'er New Rochelle a Ford 
ambulance. Mr. C. O'D. Iselin gave us a Packard, and 
later by subscription under the charge of Mr. K. Irving 
Hanson we bought a third, a Dodge ambulance. Large 
contributors to the Ambulance Fund were Mr. Andrew 
Brown, Mrs. C. D. Spalding and Mrs. B. F. Miller who 
raised nearly $400 by the sale of paper bags. The Garden 
Club of New Rochelle, Mrs. L. Richards, President, gave 
a benefit for the Red Cross and used the proceeds to buy a 
Sedan for the use ot the Motor Corps. 

During the month of September, 1918, New Rochelle 
at its annual meeting reelected Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian, 
Chairman, Mr. John W. Lieb, ^'ice-Chairman, Mr. Louis 
Van Zelm, Secretary, and Mrs. Howard Miller, Treasurer, 
on the resignation oi Mrs. Charles Barnes. Mr. \V. O. 
Raymond who had worked so arduously for the Red 
Cross, resigned to assume military duties. 



THE WOKK OK THE RED CROSS 87 

During Christmas week of 1918 there was another 
membership drive, Mr. Howard Miller acting as Chair- 
man, with the assistance of Mrs. John R. Pels, local 
membership Chairman. New Rochelle to-day claims a 
membership of 6278. 

The armistice on the eleventh ot November bv no means 
meant a halt for Red Cross workers, although most people 
who were not closely connected with the work thought the 
work was ended. The only activity that came to an end 
was the surgical dressings, and just at this time the Quar- 
termaster's Department asked the Red Cross to mend 
thousands ot garments. It seemed that just before send- 
ing the men abroad they were outfitted with new clothes, 
leaving the old garments to be mended and used in the 
camps in this country. This was very disagreeable work 
and most people who claimed to know something about 
the clothing of the soldiers thought it unnecessary. 

The Belgian Relief Commission on three occasions 
asked the Red Cross to collect used clothing for the Bel- 
gians. Through the courtesy of Mr. Lambden, the first 
collection was made at Lawton Street under the chairman- 
ship of Miss Haxby, with the assistance of a competent 
committee. Again through the courtesy of Mr. Lambden, 
the second collection was made at Lawton Street under the 
chairmanship of Mrs. Edward L. Bill. The third collec- 
tion was under the chairmanship of Mrs. Carter. At the 
first collection, volunteers did transportation, but by the 
time the last two collections were made the Motor Corps 
was tully organized and their assistance proved very 
valuable. 

When National Headquarters decided to enroll the 
schools in the Red Cross, Mrs. Francis was asked to 
become a speaker for this purpose and, with her usual 
eloquence, she spoke at the schools and enoUed them all. 



88 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Mrs. Cunningham was school production chairman. 
The children of New Rochelle were most helpful and 
dozens of them gave little entertainments among their 
friends and contributed substantially to the finances of 
the Red Cross. The graduating class of 1918 gave the 
Red Cross Si 00 in gold. 

During the month of November, 191 8, the postal authori- 
ties asked the Red Cross to take charge of the packing of 
the Christmas boxes of the A. E. F. Mrs. H. G. B. Dayrell 
directed this activity and carried out the work most suc- 
cessfully. The responsibility ot the Red Cross ended when 
the packages were delivered at the local post-office. 

At the last annual meeting held September 23, 1919, 
the following officers of the branch were elected: 

Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian, Chairmayi 
Mr. John \V. Lieb, V ice-Chairman 
Mr. J. Louis Van Zelm, Secretary 
Mrs. Howard Miller, Treasurer 

The number ot surgical dressings made by the New 
Rochelle Branch from April 6, 1918, to November 1 1, 1918, 
was 810,876. 

We regret that it is quite impossible to mention in- 
dividually all the splendid men and women who rendered 
assistance in the various fund and membership drives and 
those who served on the many committees. It is due to 
their unsparing efforts and deep interest in the work that 
the New Rochelle Branch was able to make such a splendid 
record. 




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Fort Slocum Dock Canteen 




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RED CROSS CANTEEN 
By Mrs. Horace F. Howland 

With the beginning of mobilization came the necessity 
for centers where food and recreation could be furnished 
to those entering the service of the country, and it took 
the form of Canteens of three different characters, Re- 
creation, Military, and Emergency. 

Conforming with the suggestion of Colonel Maulden of 
Fort Slocum the Recreation Canteen site was procured in 
May, 19 17, at the corner of Mechanic Street and Railroad 
Place, opposite the New York, New Haven and Hartford 
station, where troops were welcomed and information 
concerning them was dispensed to relatives and friends. 

The work was begun under the supervision of Mrs. H. 
F. Howland, Chairman of the New Rochelle Branch of 
the Westchester County Canteen Service, by a few women 
who had taken a course in canteen dietetics. It grew so 
rapidly that ten teams of ten workers each were organized 
with the class members as captains, and a uniform 
adopted. 

The public very generously responded to an appeal in 
a local paper for furniture, with which the rooms were 
made homelike and attractive. A liberal supply of read- 
ing matter, games, and musical instruments added to the 
enjoyments of the boys. 

The Recreation Canteen being successfully established, 
it was deemed advisable to open a Military Canteen at 

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go NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Neptune Dock, one terminal of the Fort Slocum Ferry. 
This was accomplished in July, 191", under very adverse 
conditions as only an open pavilion was available, gi^^ng 
but slight protection for both food and workers in stormy 
weather. Sandwiches, cake, pie, ice-cream cones, milk, 
soft drinks, and coffee were served at almost cost, by a new 
group of captains and their respective teams. Early in 
the fall, through the generosity ot Mr. P. J. Tierney and 
Sons, the canteen occupied a lunch wagon adjoining the 
open pavilion. In October, through the efforts of Mrs. 
C. S. Tennison, the pavilion was enclosed and heated, and 
furnished as a waiting-room. This canteen was so located 
that hundreds of people were cared for at a time, many 
being relatives or friends of the men at the Fort. The 
ensuing winter was so intensely cold that many soldiers, 
while crossing on the ice trom Fort Slocum had ears, noses, 
and fingers frozen. First aid treatment was given these 
cases at the canteen, and many others were treated for 
minor injuries. 

The constantly increasing number ot men who fre- 
quented the canteens proved their need. On December 
II, iqi~, with the influx of thousands of volunteer re- 
cruits the Recreation Canteen's regular service was tem- 
porarily discontinued, the building being used by the 
Relief Committee as a food clearing-house. The captains 
with their teams were delegated to different public build- 
ings to assist other organizations in serving hot meals to 
the recruits. As the men were waiting for the Fort Slocum 
Ferry, hot coffee and sandwiches were served to them at 
the canteen at the dock. 

With the opening of the Camp at Pelham Bay the scope 
of the canteen work was broadened to include the sailors. 
On February 9, 191 S, at the request of the War Camp 
Community Service, a third canteen was opened in their 



RFD CRO>S CANTKKN 01 

building, augmenting the work ot the Soldiers and 
Sailors Club. 

This necessitated a third group of captains and their 
teams, which swelled the number ot canteen members to 
almost four hundred. The different character of this 
canteen called tor a change trom the regulation hours of 
the other two canteens which were kept open daily from 
lo.oo A.M. to lo.cx) P.M. The men taking advantage of 
the dormitory at the Club required early breakfast, which 
was served from ~.oo a.m. to lo.oo a.m. The canteen 
reopened at i.co p.m. and closed at lo.co p.m. At various 
times as many as two hundred were served on very short 
notice at this canteen. 

In the summer of 191 S Mrs. Adrian Iselin built a 
summer garden extension to the Military Canteen, at 
Neptune Dock, and also had the Recreation Canteen at 
Mechanic Street redecorated. Shortly after, as the lunch 
wagon proved inadequate as a kitchen, Mr. C. O'D. 
Iselin built a very convenient and fully equipped kitchen 
to replace it. 

In October, 191 S, the epidemic of influenza reached 
Xew Rochelle. As Fort Slocum was quarantined, the 
canteen at Mechanic Street was closed to the enlisted 
men and was used as a soup kitchen, where iSco quarts 
were made and delivered to afflicted families, chiefly in 
West Xew Rochelle, by Miss Verfenstein with the aid of 
Mrs. Bradford of the Red Cross Motor Corps. Again, the 
women were untiring in this work, though it lengthened 
their hours. 

Following the explosion of munitions near South Am boy, 
and the outbreak there of the influenza epidemic, an appeal 
came from Miss Hazel Fairman for volunteer canteen 
workers to join her in South Amboy and to take charge of 
a seneral kitchen. On their arrival, the volunteers found 



92 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

that the changed conditions called for much broader and 
much more disagreeable service. 

Of the canteen workers, who responded to the appeal 
Miss Maude Stavey, Miss Edna Schroder, Miss Gertrude 
Leonard, Miss Helen Reynolds, Mrs. Gilmore Clark 
(Pelham), and Miss Marion Close continued at the dis- 
tressing tasks to which they were assigned for six days, 
when they were relieved by workers from other towns. 

The epidemic in New Rochelle spread so rapidly that 
the City Hospital was opened, where the canteen workers 
were pressed into service in the kitchen, while others 
volunteered as nurses. 

The Recreation Canteen at Mechanic Street was re- 
opened on November nth, but the attendance had de- 
creased to such an extent, owing to the quarantine at 
Fort Slocum, and the large reduction in the number of 
men quartered there that it was deemed unnecessary to 
continue it and it was closed December 21, 1918. When 
the building had been renovated it was turned over to 
Mr. M. B. Smith, who had given the use of it for more 
than a year. 

After the quarantine had been lifted from the nearby 
encampments, thus enabling the boys to enjoy the holiday 
festivities, a Hallowe'en party was given at the canteen at 
the Soldiers and Sailors Club and also a wonderful 
Thanksgiving supper, donated by the people of New 
Rochelle and vicinity. Following this was a Christmas 
party, with an old-fashioned tree and gifts for all. 

Besides the regular canteen duties the members were 
enlisted in various patriotic duties, such as the Red Cross 
drives and the Liberty Loan campaigns. In the Victory 
drive alone, more than $71,000.00 was brought in, and in 
the Salvation Army drive approximately $1200.00. 

In the spring of 1919 Mr. Ellsworth, Canteen Chairman 



RED CROSS CANTEEN 



93 



of the Atlantic Division, advised the closing of the two 
canteens remaining open, notwithstanding that they were 
well attended. Accordingly they were closed in April. 

The canteens owed their success to the continuous 
generosity of the people, who daily contributed home- 
made delicacies, books, and magazines and responded 
promptly to appeals for special purposes. No record was 
kept until March, 191 8 of the number of men served, but 
since then 137,994 men were fed. 

Special mention should be made of Mrs. John Scofield, 
Mrs. Alec Rimmington, Mrs. C. S. Weller, Mrs. Vantine, 
and Mrs. Harry Denmead who acted as buyers, and for 
long periods were on duty every day, and often were 
called upon at night. 

The list of captains follows: 



* Mrs. Andrew Brown 

* Mrs. W. A. Todd 

* Mrs. O H. ScHELL 

* Miss Mary Bissell 

* Mrs. Bloomfield Smith 

* Mrs. John Scofield 

* Mrs. H. E. CoLWELL 

* Mrs. L. F. Gray 

* Mrs. John Reid, Jr. 

* Mrs. C. J. Dunlap 
Mrs. John Patton 
Mrs. E. B. Ware 
Miss Pauline Brown 
Mrs. Wm. Knox 
Mrs. C. S. Weller 
Mrs. Frank Carpenter 
Mrs. Harry Denmead 

* Charter member Captains. 



Mrs. L. C. Albertson 
Mrs. W. S. Emberson 
Mrs. W. Prescott Pray 
Mrs. Lee Lash 
Mrs. L. P. Harris 
Mrs. S. C. Steinhardt 
Mrs. C. W. Campbell 
Mrs. Whitten 
Mrs. Frederick Chap- 
man (Pelham) 
Mrs. Bryan Alley 

(Larchmont) 
Mrs. Arthur Snow 
Mrs. E. W. King 
Miss Margaret Lambden 
Mrs. W. A. Worth 
Mrs. C. P. Tolman 



94 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 



Mrs. F. B. LiTTLEwooD 
Mrs. Walter Geib 
Mrs. Frederick Brook- 
field 
Mrs. A. E. Farland 
Mrs. N. E. White 
Mrs. James McDowell 
Mrs. S. Berger 
Mrs. C. S. Jennison 
Mrs. J. S. Wentz 

Mrs. M. W. 



Mrs. H. E. McCoRMicK 
Mrs. Robert Cocks 
Mrs. Wm. Ferguson 
Mrs. E. Howes 
Mrs. E. J. Bullard 
Mrs. George Sinks 
Mrs. Vantine 
Mrs. L. Jane 
Mrs. G. Boardingham 
Mrs. J. F. Ambrose 
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THE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' AID 

By Ethel Anson S. Peckham 

No record of war work done in New Rochelle would be 
complete without a mention, be it ever so slight, of the 
activities of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid, an association 
which came into being in the year 1917 to fill the gaps 
left open by existing organizations, to tide over the men 
from our city until these organizations could be readjusted 
to fill their needs. This association did a very useful work 
while it existed and when the need for its help was over it 
disbanded, handed its very complete card-catalogue over 
to Mr. Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, who was continuing 
the work of communication with our men in the ser- 
vice, sent its undistributed articles to the Red Cross and 
to various army and navy posts, and gave its money in 
bank to help the children left in need through the influenza 
epidemic. At the time this society began its work there 
was a very real need for it. Our drafted men were starting 
to camp, a camp which was only in the course of construc- 
tion, the army was not ready for them, we were new at 
war, we did not know how to save our men from dreadful 
discomfort, loneliness, etc., we did not even know how 
many men we already had from our city in the army or 
navy. The relatives of all these men were at sea as to 
how to communicate with their sons, brothers, and hus- 
bands, how to get the things to them they desired, v. hat 
was allowed them. Some citizens refused to work for 

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96 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

existing organizations for a real or an imagined reason, 
they thought they had been "insulted," "not asked," 
they wished to know to whom the articles they knitted 
would go, they were perfectly satisfied to give their work 
and money when they knew some man from New Rochelle 
would benefit. This association acted for a time as a sort 
of small clearing-house tor many organizations doing war 
work. By cooperating with them and referring to them 
whatever the existing organizations were equipped to 
carry out, much was accomplished without duplication 
and in the right way. No situation could arise that this 
little Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid could not cope with. It 
was not limited by hard and fast rules that helped the 
many but left a few stranded. A new rule was made to 
cover the need of the few. The whole work of the associa- 
tion is summed up in those last two sentences. 



WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE 
By E. Irving Hanson 

The War Camp Community idea was originally de- 
veloped in cooperation with the War and Navy Depart- 
ments by establishing local committees in all cities 
adjacent to cantonments or in such cities or towns where 
soldiers or sailors pass. These committees organized club 
quarters and sleeping quarters with as many comforts 
as possible. The work of the War Camp Community 
throughout the states has been recognized as having ac- 
complished its purpose, but perhaps New Rochelle has 
been favored more than most cities by the closeness of 
Fort Slocum and Pelham Bay Naval Encampment. Also 
New Rochelle was prepared for this work, owing to its 
wonderful experience during the recruit emergency week, 
when many thousands of men were thrown upon the city's 
hospitality, a story told elsewhere in this book. This 
work had given New Rochelle an opportunity to find 
herself and prepare her for the wonderful work to follow 
throughout the war. 

New Rochelle's attention was first brought to War 
Camp Community Service through the Woman's Club. 
They elected a delegate, Mrs. Lee Lash, who volunteered 
to go to Washington and attend the conterence which 
was the beginning of this wonderful work. On her return 
to New Rochelle Mrs. Lash personally succeeded in rais- 
ing liooo. It was a very difficult undertaking as no 

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98 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

one at that time knew the work or its ultimate pur- 
poses. 

At this time I accepted the nomination as Chairman of 
the War Camp Community, and on January 30, 191 8, the 
first meeting of the original executive committee was held. 
Those present were: 

Mrs. Lee Lash Clarence Shumway 

Mrs. Wm. M. Harding Charles O. Tobias 

Mrs. Wheeler H.Peckham Jules Delmar 

Mrs. A. V. A. McHarg J. INL^rshall Perley 

George Watson Charles King 

William B. Greeley DeWitte C. Reed, 
John Troy Executive Secretary 

E. Irving Hanson, Chairman 



Secretaries in order of service 

DeWitte C. Reed 
Milton W. Brown 



J. L. Harper 
Henry A. Pease 



All four represented the War and Navy Department. 

Later the following were added to the executive 
committee: 



C. W. Campbell 
Walter G. C. Otto 
Theo. Irving Coe 
H. B. Cook 
Sidney W\ Goldsmith 
Frank J. Hermes 
E. G. Reynolds, Jr. 
L. K. Goldman 
Russell A. Young 



W^M. F. Kolbe 
Henry A. Aikenhead 
Arthur M. Chase 
E. L. Barnard 
Hon. Frederick H. Wal- 
dorf 
Col. H. B. Kingsbury 
Mrs. Horace Howland 
Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian 



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John Andrews Mrs. S. C. Steinhardt 

Mrs. H. E. CoKEFAiR Miss S. Nelson 

Mrs, H. B. Dayrell Mrs. Charles F. Burrill 

P. S. RiTTER Mrs. Horace F. Howland 

Mrs. Theo. Irving Coe Mrs. Herman F. Cokefair 
Mr. Marmaduke Clark, Fort Slocum Y. M. C. A., 
Secretary 



executive committee 

E. Irving Hanson, Chairman 
Mrs. Lee Lash, First Vice Chairman 
Arthur Minturn Chase, Second Vice Chairman 
George Watson, Treasurer 

Mrs. H. F. Cokefair, Assistant Treasurer oj Benefit Fund 
Milton W. Brown, representing War and Navy De- 
partment Commissions on Training Camp Activities, 
Executive Secretary 
John H. Andrews, Chairman oJ Men s Reception Committee 
Mrs. T. Irving Coe, Chairman of Public Welfare Committee 
Mr. H. B. Cook, Chairman of Finance Committee 
Jule Delmar, Chairman of Entertainment Committee 
Harry A. Aikenhead, Chairman of Transportation Com- 
mittee 
Mrs. W^m. M. Harding, Chairman of Home Hospitality 

Commitee 
William F. Kolbe, Chairman of Physical Recreation 

Committee 
R. A. Young, Chairman of Physical Recreation Committee 
Mrs. a. V. A. McHarg, Chairman of Girls' Patriotic 

Service League 
E. G. Reynolds, Jr., Chairman of Emergency Housing 
Committee 



lOO NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Clarence S. Shumway, Chainnan of Community Singing 

Committee 
Mrs. S. C. Steinhardt, Chairman of Jewis/i Jf'omen 

Jf'orkers Committee 
Charles O. Tobias, Chairman of Cotnmercial Relations 

Co?nmittee 
John H. Troy, Chairman of Church Cooperation Committee 
George \Yatson, Chairman of Club House Committee 
Frank Hermes, Chairman of Publicity Committee 

EN officio members 

Hon. F. H. Waldorf, Mayor of Xe-:c Rochelle 

Mrs. Bedros F. Kazanjian, Chairman of Red Cross 

Chapter 
William B. Greeley, Chairman of Citizens Protective 

Committee 
C. W. Campbell, Chairman of Knights of Columbus Ji'ar 

Council 
L. K. Goldmax, Chairman of West. Co. J. B. If . If . 
Col. H. F. Kixgsbury, Commaiuiajit of Fort Slocum 
Wm. B. Franklin, Commayider of Pelham Xaval Training 

Camp 
Miss Svea Xelsox, Chairman Home Service Red Cross 

house committee 

George Watson, Chairma?i 

Johx H. Andrews 

Mrs. Chas. F. Blrrill 

Mrs. Horace F. Howlaxd \ Committee 

E. G. Reynolds, Jr. 

Charles O. Tobias 

To this committee was outlined the situation at Fort 
Slocum, showing the great need of a Soldiers, and Sailors' 




E. Irving Hanson 

Chairman of The War Camp Community Service 




Mrs. Lee Lash 
Organizer and Vice-Chairman of the War Camp Community Service 



WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE 1 01 

Club in New Rochelle, and it was definitely decided at 
this first meeting that such a club should be started at 
the earliest possible moment. The question of finances 
was the serious problem, but it was definitely decided to 
start an intensive campaign, and Mr. Jule Delmar offered 
the services of his theatrical organization, the United 
Booking Offices, to give an opening performance to raise 
funds. This proved to be a great success, being respon- 
sible for a net return from this one performance, which was 
given in Proctor's Mt. Vernon Theater, of over $5000. 

Anticipating the success of this fund, and the assurance 
that New Rochelle would do her part to raise the necessary 
money, we negotiated with the Y. M. C. A., which resulted 
in the renting of this entire building for the period of the 
war. This building was opened as the Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Club on February 6, 19 18 — only seven days after 
the original meeting of the War Camp Community Execu- 
tive Committee. It was the beginning of a work which 
grew in greater proportions every month. 

Fortunately we started the club at a critical moment, as 
within two weeks from the time this house was opened, 
with only bedding and sleeping space for about fifty men, 
we were faced one evening at 1 1 p.m. with an emergency 
call from the Fort Slocum dock. About three hundred 
boys on the way to Fort Slocum to enlist in the aviation 
mechanical division were unable to reach Fort Slocum 
because the boat was not running owing to a storm. New 
Rochelle had no hotels or lodging houses to accommodate 
these men, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club had its first 
opportunity to demonstrate its value. On this evening 
I was fortunate in being able to reach three of our very 
loyal workers, — Messrs. John Andrews, Charles Tobias, 
and E. G. Reynolds, Jr., who worked until two o'clock 
that morning in transferring from the city yard during a 



102 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

coldj hard rain, enough mattresses and blankets (left there 
from the nifantile paralysis hospital^ — and loaned to us 
through the courtesy of Mayor Waldorf.) With which 
we managed to find housing for every man from the Fort 
Slocum dock. True, we used billiard tables and shuffle 
tables as beds, but we kept the men warm and dry. 

This was the first of a series of emergencies one after 
another of a similar nature, but within thirty days from 
this time we had sleeping quarters and comfortable cots, 
clean sheets and warm blankets, for about two hundred 
and twenty-five men. During these critical times when 
we were called upon to house these extra quantities of men, 
our two hundred and twenty-five beds were stretched to 
over three hundred — an addition which meant blankets on 
the floors. At these times we had a sergeant and guard 
from Fort Slocum, who kept watch over the men at night 
to avoid a serious situation in the case ot possible fire. 

The housing of these men was only a part of the good 
work. Feeding them was just as essential, and through the 
Red Cross Canteen, managed by Mrs. Horace Rowland 
and backed by the most wonderful body of women that 
any city has ever known, we were able to feed five hundred 
men a day when necessary at the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Club. The second floor was devoted to the canteen, 
dining-room, and kitchen. As time went on, the can- 
teen in this club house was looked upon by all the men 
from Pelham Bay and Fort Slocum, and by boys, repre- 
senting every state in the Union, who stopped at these 
camps, as the nearest approach to home that they could 
possibly find. I will not dwell upon the canteen service 
as it is no doubt expressed elsewhere, but an additional 
tribute to the wonderful women and girls is not amiss. 

Another cooperative branch of the War Camp Com- 
munity, which was of great import to the success of this 



WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE 103 

organization, was the Girls' Patriotic Service League, — 
Mrs. Arthur V. A. McHarg, Chairman. This organiza- 
tion came under the general supervision of the War Camp, 
and the cooperation extended was very essential to the 
success of the work. The story of this work is a chapter 
in itself, but the part allied to the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Club was the division organized for the dances given to 
the men in the service. Every Wednesday and Saturday 
night there was a dance at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club 
with an orchestra of the most excellent character, whose 
leader, Norman Hallett, volunteered his services and 
those of his men, furnishing the music which helped to 
make these dances the great success that they were. These 
dances became so popular that it was necessary for us to 
figure other means of taking care of the large crowds. 
The result was that we built an extension on the back of 
the Y. M. C. A. building. This was carried out with the 
greatest success, for every element of New Rochelle life 
cooperated. The Mahlstedt Coal and Lumber Company 
supplied the material at half price; the carpenters, the 
electricians, and painters of New Rochelle volunteered 
their services without any charge whatever and worked 
early and late until the pavilion was completed and ready 
for dancing. This pavilion was about 40' x 70'. In it we 
held a Community Dance on June 26, 191 8, charging 
$5.00 a ticket, in this way raising over $1300, which we 
used for defraying the expenses of the material and the 
fitting up of this dance pavilion. The tribute to be paid 
here is to the laboring men of New Rochelle who volun- 
teered their services as I have described. 

Later, in August, we held a Harvest Dance, raising over 
$1000 and this was turned over to the Girls' Patriotic Ser- 
vice League, to be used as a fund towards the starting of a 
Club House for the girls of this organization. The Harvest 



104 N'^^V ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

decorations tor this dance were made possible by a donation 
of lumber trom New Rochelle Coal and Lumber Co. Over 
one hundred dances were held in this building under the 
general supervision of Mrs. William Harding, who was 
supported by a large committee of women forming teams 
to act as hostesses and to secure partners to dance with 
the boys. These dances, under their caretul chaperonage, 
did much to preserve the high standard ot spirit and 
morale for which New Rochelle has become famous. In 
other words, the meeting of refined girls, properly chaper- 
oned, answered the desire ot many men away trom home 
tor women companions ot the right sort. At all the dances, 
tree ice cream and orangeade were furnished to all the 
men and girls. 

I would like to be able to go into detail and mention 
the names ot the women who assisted in this very wonder- 
tul work, but this is impossible. 

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Club during the war became 
the center ot many ot our most important activities, — such 
as War Savings Stamps — Liberty Loan and Red Cross 
meeting places. During the Liberty Loan drive we housed 
throughout the entire campaign from ten to twenty 
soldiers who were used in Liberty Loan and other work. 
The dormitories and rooms of the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Club, during the time that the club was open, housed up 
to October 20, 19 19 — torty-six thousand one hundred and 
ninty-one men who were paid lodgers, and many thousands 
more who could not afford to pay for a night's lodging. 

There is a point which should be brought out clearly. 
For the period ot more than a year and a half during which 
this club was open there was never a refusal ot lodging 
tor any man who did not have the price to pay, and to 
such men was also extended his morning meal in the Red 
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to reach New Rochelle with his last five cents, was taken 
care of in this way, and according to official records the 
number ran into the thousands. It was the pride of our 
dormitory department to be able to give every man a bed 
with clean sheets, clean pillow cases, and in the morning 
a clean towel and a cake of soap for his shower bath. This 
work in the early history of the club was overseen by the 
Mothers' Club, under the able supervision of Mrs. J. P. 
Donovan, Mrs. Arthur M. Chase, and Mrs. W. C. Burrell, 
and later when it became more extensive, by two matrons, 
under the supervision of our able women of the Executive 
Committee. 

After reading the figures of the number of men housed, 
it will be surprising to learn of the conditions the first 
night the club was opened — namely, February 7, 191 8. 
The men in the service did not know of the existence of 
the Club at this time, as it had only opened that day, but 
with the assistance of Mr. DeWitte C. Reed, Secretary, 
and Mr. Charles O. Tobias, we managed to solicit on the 
street, eight men who were glad of the opportunity of 
lodging for the night in the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club 
House. On the second night, we had twenty-six men, and 
on September 10, 191 8, two hundred and twenty-two men, 
which last number was about the average for many 
months. During the one month of September, 191 8, there 
were 5482 men who slept in the club house and had their 
breakfast in the Red Cross Canteen. 

The matter of furnishing the men entertainment and 
amusement was carried on through various heads of com- 
mittees, one of the most important of which was the house 
entertainment committee consisting of Mr. John Andrews, 
Chairman, and some twenty men who devoted their 
time, two men being present at the club every night in the 
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Io6 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

hospitality and the personal touch of interest that men 
away from home so greatly appreciate. This committee 
functioned in many months of entertainment, and did a 
good which cannot be overestimated. 

Another work which I feel should be mentioned as one 
of great importance to the men was the cashing of checks. 
This was carried on as a personal duty by CharlesO. Tobias. 

This ran into such enormous figures it is surprising that 
of the many thousands of checks which Mr. Tobias cashed 
for men in the service, to my knowledge, there were only 
three cases where the check was returned without funds, 
and these were later cleared up. 

At Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's we had 
open-house parties to the men in the service which were the 
most successful affairs of their kind we could wish for. 
To give an idea of the way the New Rochelle women came 
to the front at these times I will quote a few of the dona- 
tions which we received for Thanksgiving Day, 191 8: 
sixty gallons of cider; twelve roast turkeys; innumerable 
platters of roast chickens, ducks, and hams; quantities of 
salads, and everything that goes with a home Thanks- 
giving dinner. This was served by the Red Cross canteen 
teams, and managed by the women on the committee of 
the War Camp Community. From one o'clock mid-day 
until seven o'clock at night they were continually serv- 
ing meals without charge to men in uniform. Many 
hundreds took advantage of the opportunity. In the 
afternoon professional talent was supplied under the able 
management of Jule Delmar to give the men as full a 
day as they could desire, and they were surrounded at all 
times with the hospitality of the men and women who 
volunteered their service. 

This was the type of party given on Christmas Day, 
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WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE 107 

given by Mr. Columbus Iselin from his farm in New 
Rochelle, that was decorated with the same home taste 
our children enjoy every year, A committee of women 
was appointed for the purpose of buying Christmas 
presents for every man, with the result that on that 
evening the tree was surrounded with hundreds of bags, 
each bag containing cigarettes, candy, and a present for 
every man. The young people, more than one hundred 
girls of the Girls' Patriotic Service League, and many 
hundreds of soldiers and sailors, gathered around the 
tree and sang the national air and popular songs under 
the leadership of Clarence Shumway of the Community 
Chorus. A dance followed which produced a spirit that 
would have been imipossible without the home feeling 
which was injected into this house by the volunteer work 
of the men and women of New Rochelle. Many a boy 
was able to write home to his parents a story of a real 
Christmas Day which he had enjoyed although he was in 
uniform many hundreds of miles from home. Too much 
credit cannot be given to these men and women who gave 
so unsparingly of their time on these occasions. 

It is a pleasure to mention the valuable assistance given 
by the Girls' Patriotic Service League Fife and Drum Corps, 
which was so ably managed under the personal direction 
of Mrs. Lee Lash and the drum majorship of Miss Kather- 
ine Twohey. This corps became so efficient in its fifing, 
drumming, and bugling that it was called upon many 
times to appear in New York to assist the various drives, 
and in the Liberty Loan, Red Cross, and other drives in 
New Rochelle we were always able to call on the Fife and 
Drum Corps. In their snappy uniforms of khaki and red 
patent leather belts, they could be depended upon to furnish 
valuable aid in the collecting of moneys, either at the 
stations, in the theater, or at meetings. To this body of 



Io8 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

young girls a tribute should be paid for their help which 
was always generously extended. In the parade held 
during the Fifth Liberty Loan it was generally conceded 
that the Fife and Drum Corps made a showing surpassed 
by none. 

Of our Executive Committee, the one who, perhaps, had 
more detail than any one individual, was our treasurer 
Mr. George Watson. With all his other duties he was 
always ready and never missed an executive meeting. 
He disbursed the funds in New Rochelle of upwards of 
$100,000 with the same care that he would give his own 
affairs. 

Another branch of the War Camp Community work is 
the Community Chorus, ably managed by its Chairman, Mr. 
Clarence S. Shumway. Everyone in New Rochelle knows 
of the good accomplished through the Community Chorus 
singing at the Trinity Parish House. For many months 
this work filled the room each Sunday night, and it is 
hoped that the continuation of this work for many years 
will be possible, as it reaches a certain spot that only sing- 
ing can accomplish. 

In March, 19 19, a bronze tablet, contributed by a few 
members of the War Camp Community Service, was 
presented to Mr. F. F. Proctor on the stage of Proctor's 
Theater in Mt. Vernon, at which time the Chairman ex- 
pressed the appreciation of the citizens of New Rochelle 
to Mr. Proctor for the use of his theater and the talent 
that had made possible the raising of over $5000. On this 
evening we had in Mt. Vernon the entire Fort Slocum 
Band, which was very graciously sent by our good Colonel 
H. B. Kingsbury, who, I would like to say at this time, never 
failed in any request asked and whose cooperation was ex- 
tended not only to the War Camp Community Committee, 
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requests and on these many occasions I never received a 
refusal. From the Fort Slocum Band to a company of 
soldiers or a squad of Liberty Loan soldiers, we always re- 
ceived whatever we asked of Colonel Kingsbury, New 
Rochelle regretted that in September, 1919, it was obliged 
to say good-by to Colonel Kingsbury, owing to his retire- 
ment from the United States Army, — and good wishes will 
always be with him. 

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Club became the center of 
many important occasions; amongst those which I might 
mention was the visit of Governor Whitman and his staff, 
who inspected the Club from top to bottom, having 
heard many reports in Albany ot the work that was being 
done in this clubhouse. We also were favored with a 
visit and a powerful talk to the uniformed men during 
one of our dances by Augustus Thomas, as well as many 
other men of prominence. 

It is interesting to note from the register of the club house 
the names of men from every part of the country. During 
the early existence of the club were noted in one evening on 
a page of the register, names of men from Alaska, Porto 
Rico, Philippine Islands, Maine, Florida, and California. 
This was at a time just prior to the operation of the draft 
law and these men were volunteers who wanted to enter the 
service before being drafted. The Club housed some three 
hundred men practically every evening. 

In the preceding account, if any names have been 
omitted it has been through oversight or lack of space. 

Suffice it to say that words could not express the appre- 
ciation of the community spirit which was shown through- 
out the splendid work that was done in the interest of 
the war work connected with the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Club. 

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no NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

people of New Rochelle the great improtance of general 
and mutual interest in civic affairs. 

It has shown us what can be accomplished by united 
work, and what wonderful things could be done by con- 
centrated effort in the performing of such an arduous task 
as that which was laid at our door during that trying 
period. 

It was this wonderful cooperative spirit and this co- 
operative effort of the men and women of New Rochelle 
that made the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club an institu- 
tion commanding national recognition and national 
appreciation. 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME 

By Albert Leonard 

Superintendent of Public Schools 

The part that the public schools of New Rochelle took 
in the war work of the city may well form a chapter in any 
narrative that records the contribution that this commu- 
nity made to the sum total of the activities growing out of 
the war against Germany. Although the share of the New 
Rochelle public schools in winning the war was in itself 
necessarily a modest performance, it stands to the credit 
of teachers and pupils that from first to last they gave 
zealously and untiringly of their energy in helping the 
nation overcome the greatest danger that has ever threat- 
ened the freedom of the world. 

Taken as a whole, the public schools of the nation dis- 
played a patriotic fervor and an energy of action in the 
emergency that left no doubt about the genuineness of the 
patriotism of the youth of America. In common with the 
schools of the entire nation, the schools of New Rochelle 
made it clear that the salute to the flag, given each morning 
when the pupils come together in the assembly halls, is 
something more than an empty formula. The spirit of 
sacrifice and the loyal service which characterized teachers 
and pupils throughout the war-time period furnished 
convincing evidence that the sentiment of the salute to the 
flag heard from day to day in our schools — "I pledge 
allegiance to my flag and to the country for which it 



112 NEW HOCHKLLK: IIKH TART IN THK c;UKAT WAR 

Stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for 
all" — has become a controlling motive in the lives of the 
bovs and girls in the schools ot this city. So tuUy had they 
come to understand the meaning ot patriotism that when 
the emergency came it was easy tor them to translate this 
patriotic spirit into usetul service. 

The war-time activities ot the public schools did not, ot 
course, begin until the United States had declared war 
against Germany, although long before war was declared, 
in April, iqi~, the sympathies of teachers and pupils were 
deeply stirred in tavor ot the Allied countries in their 
heroic struggle to keep the German armies trom over- 
running France. They were keenly touched by the 
miseries brought to the brave people of Belgium and 
France, and were shocked by the atrocities marking the 
progress of the Germans through Belgium and that part 
of France overrun by the invading armies. The sinking 
of the LiisitiDiid produced in the children in the schools a 
tenseness of feeling that could not fail to manifest itself. 
It was hard for these young people to believe that a crime 
that violated every instinct of humanity could be com- 
mitted by a professedly civilized nation. It was only 
natural that in these young hearts the story ot Germany's 
inhuman methods of carrying on war should awaken an 
intense feeling ot indignation. 

Until the United States took up the cause ot the Allies, 
the schools endeavored to observe President Wilson's 
neutrality proclamation, but as soon as the United States 
declared war against the Central Powers the teachers and 
pupils in the schools entered whole-heartedly into the 
service of the nation. The ever-increasing list of German 
atrocities had aroused in teachers and pupils alike a strong 
desire to do everything in their power to help defeat a 
nation that for three vears had been using methods of 



TIIH PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME 113 

warfare more brutal than the world had ever known before. 
Upon the declaration of war against Germany, the teachers 
and pupils of the New Rochelle schools did not have to be 
urged to aid in bringing victory to the armies that were 
fighting and dying in behalf of civilization itself. "I think 
I shall never forget our assembly exercises the day war 
was declared," said the principal of the Trinity Place 
School. "The patriotism of the children and the fervor 
with which they sang our national songs was one of the 
most thrilling experiences I have ever had. I am sure 
that no teacher present that day can ever forget the 
solemnity of the occasion. " This comment aptly portrays 
the spirit of the entire school system of New Rochelle. 

It is obvious that the service that the schools could 
give had to be of a non-military nature. In the High 
School a number of the older boys enlisted for active war 
service, but the majority of the boys heeded the urgent 
appeals of President Wilson and General Wood to remain 
in school until the time should come when their services 
might be needed. A few boys in the grammar schools, 
although under military age, contrived to get into the 
army or navy. As the war went on, the desire of the boys 
of the High School to enlist grew in intensity, but they 
were led to see that it was really their patriotic duty to 
follow the advice of the Government authorities to stay 
in school until their educational training had advanced 
far enough to increase the usefulness of their service when 
the country needed them. Their patriotism had to seek 
an outlet in other forms of service than in active military 
duty. But as the boys attending the High School looked 
from day to day upon the more than four-hundred-starred 
service flag of former students in uniform, they eagerly 
looked forward to the time when they too would be 
permitted to join the ranks of the graduates and former 



114 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Students ot the Xew Rochelle High School ^vho were 
already enrolled in the service ot humanity. 

One of the most impressive events ot the war-rime pericd 
in the Xew Rochelle schools was the dedication of the 
service flag in honor of the graduates and former students 
of the High School, in April, 191 8. At that time the num- 
ber ot stars in the flag was 2~5, but before the end of the 
summer the number had increased to 410. These youns 
men, who only a few years before had been care-free stu- 
dents, had cheerfully joined the ranks o\ the thousands 
upon thousands ot high-souled men from schools and 
colleges all over the country, ready to undergo the utmost 
sacriflce to preserve what is finest and best in modern 
civilization. In the soul-testing weeks and months which 
the danger and hardships of the war brought to them, 
these Xew Rochelle High School boys in every branch o\ 
the service showed themselves soldiers whose cheerful 
courage and unselflsh patriotism should serve as an inspira- 
tion to the entire city. 

In the grammar schools, service flags or honor rolls 
served as mute but inspiring emblems o\ the patriotism 
which had led former schoolboys to take their places in 
the battle line of duty. The Trinity Place School had 2c(-> 
stars; Weyman 220; L'nion i ;^;; Columbus 45; and May- 
flower 26. In the honor roll of the Winy ah School there 
w^re 219 names. These service flags, on which unfor- 
tunately there are to be found gold stars among the blue, 
will long remain to those who come after the present 
generation of school boys and girls a symbol ot the glorious 
service in which Xew Rochelle boys had a worthy part. 

Between the beginning oi the Great War, in 1914, and 
the entrance of the United States into the struggle, a good 
deal of sewing and knitting for foreign refugees was done 
in the schools, but immediately after the declaration of 




Albeit Leonard 
Superintendent ot Public Schools 




War Time Scenes at Stephenson School 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME £15 

war against Germany every war activity in which the 
schools could have a useful part was taken up with new 
zeal. With fathers or brothers or other near relatives 
going rapidly into the war, teachers and pupils felt a keen 
personal responsibility for the welfare of the soldiers. 
This personal relationship, together with a zealous patriot- 
ism, made it easy for both teachers and pupils to give 
energy and money to every work designed to promote the 
health and comfort of the soldiers in camp or on the battle- 
field. This zeal for service continued without abatement 
from the beginning of the war until victory had come to 
the forces that had arrayed themselves against Germany's 
reckless attempt to bring the entire world under her power. 

One of the interesting incidents of the early months of 
the war was the raising of a fund in the schools to be sent 
to the Mayor of the city of La Rochelle, France, for the 
use of children in that city whose fathers had been killed 
in the war. In May, 1917, it was announced to the child- 
ren in the Elementary schools that they might contribute 
to this fund whatever they could afford. No appeals were 
made to the children further than a simple statement of 
the benefit any money they might give would bring to the 
war orphans of La Rochelle. The children responded so 
generously that in a few days the sum of $680, or 3873 
francs, could be sent to Mayor DeCaut as an expression 
of the heartfelt sympathy which the boys and girls in the 
public schools of New Rochelle felt for the children in La 
Rochelle, to whom the war had brought suffering and 
sorrow. Mayor DeCaut was asked to use this fund in 
such a manner as would best meet the necessities of any 
war orphans for whose needs money was not otherwise 
available. 

The pleasure which this money gave to the people of 
La Rochelle was expressed in a letter from Mayor DeCaut 



Il6 XE\Y ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

in the following September. "The assistance so generouslv 
sent by the American School children will greatly alleviate 
the sufferings of our orphans," wrote the La Rochelle 
chief magistrate. "The hearty sympathy," he continued, 
"which comes from beyond the sea will bring them the 
greatest consolation. Thanks especially to the school- 
children of New Rochelle for this generous aid and for 
their kindly sentiments. Until they can receive the thanks 
of their little comrades let them receive in the meantime 
the expression of the gratitude ot the municipality of La 
Rochelle." 

The interest of this episode in the war-time activities of 
the school was enhanced by the letters written by La 
Rochelle school children to pupils in the New Rochelle 
schools. Accompanying the money sent to the Mayor of 
La Rochelle were letters from children in 'the New Rochelle 
schools. These were sent by Mayor DeCaut to the differ- 
ent schools of La Rochelle. "I have received," writes 
Mayor DeCaut, "also the touching letters sent by the 
children of your schools to their little comrades in La 
Rochelle. As our school children are now having their 
vacation, it has not been possible tor me to let them know 
of this evidence of affection from their brothers in America." 

The letters written by the La Rochelle school children 
in reply were in themselves a most interesting feature of 
this incident of the early months of the war. One of these 
letters, received by a pupil of the Stephenson School, is 
typical of the many letters that came from the boys and 
girls of La Rochelle: 

" La Rochelle, 19 November, 1917. 

"Dear Little Friend: 

"I am very happy to correspond with you, because 
we love very much the little Americans. I go to the 
Massion School, where I was given your address. 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IX WAR TIME II7 

" I do not live very far from where the American soldiers, 
our Allies, are encamped. They are very kind. When I 
am going home from school, we sometimes meet some of 
the soldiers. They pleasantly say 'Good-day' to us. 

"If there is anything which would give you pleasure 
as a souvenir of France, I shall send it to you. It is to 
be regretted that the distance which separates us is so 
great, because I should be very happy to make your 
acquaintance. If you have a photograph, send it to me 
and I will send mine in exchange. 

"This dreadful war has brought sorrow to so many 
families. It is sad to have this war. Because so many 
fathers who have gone to the war will not come back 
again, there will be many little orphans after the war. 

"Accept from a little French girl my sincere regards. 

"YVETTE x-\rRERAT. " 

It is perhaps not too much to say that the events that 
occurred in New Rochelle in what has come to be known 
as Recruit Week will be remembered as the most interest- 
ing episode of the opening year of the war. In the happen- 
ings of that vividly remembered w^eek the New Rochelle 
public schools had a part well w^orth recording. 

Under the conditions laid down by the War Department 
all enlistments in any branch of the National Army had to 
take place before noon on December 15, 19 17. The num- 
ber of men in the Eastern section of the United States 
enhsting before the expiration of the time fixed by the 
army authorities was so much greater than had been 
expected that it was wholly out of the question for Fort 
Slocum to provide shelter and food for the men who came 
pouring into New Rochelle by the thousands during the 
week ending December 15th. It will always form a credit- 
able chapter in the history of New Rochelle that for nearly 



Il8 NEW ROCHELLE: HER FART I\ THE GREAT WAR 

a week these thousands of enlisted men were provided for 
in a way that won their everlasting gratitude. 

In making the lot of these splendid citizen-soldiers com- 
fortable, and even agreeable, during the week they became 
the guests of New Rochelle, the schools counted it a privi- 
lege to have a not inconsiderable part. 

Stephenson School 

The task of providing shelter and food for the enlisted 
men began in the schools on Wednesday, December 12th, 
when at eleven o'clock at night eighty men for whom 
accommodations elsewhere did not seem available were 
sent to the Stephenson School. In the gymnasium they 
were made fairly comfortable for the night, although there 
was no chance to provide bedding. 

As the men had had nothing to eat since early in the 
morning, a hurried but substantial supper was provided 
at midnight from supplies obtained from a near-by grocery, 
whose owner kept open till nearly midnight in order that 
the men might not go without food. The supper was pre- 
pared and served by the teachers of the school, with Mr. 
Lawton in charge. As this school has a domestic science 
equipment, it was possible to prepare without delay a meal 
that was appreciated by the cold and hungry recruits. 

From the same store from which supplies for the mid- 
night meal had been prepared, food for breakfast the next 
day was obtained. At seven o'clock the next morning a 
good breakfast prepared by teachers of the school was 
served to the men, who left the school in good spirits for 
their march to Fort Slocum. 

During the following day enlisted men came pouring 
into the city in numbers so large that it became necessary 
to plan to provide meals and sleeping quarters in the 
schools for about six hundred men for Thursday night. 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME II9 

To the Stephenson school three hundred men were sent 
Thursday evening. When it became known earlier in the 
day that probably three hundred men would have to be 
accommodated at this school, the boys of the school went 
to the homes in the neighborhood to secure bedding. By 
evening enough bedding had been gathered to make the 
men comfortable for the night. These men remained at 
this school till Tuesday of the following week. During this 
time meals were prepared and served by the teachers of 
the school. A large part of the food was provided without 
charge by the residents in the section of the city near the 
school. An illustration of the spirit of practical helpful- 
ness shown by the homes interested in this work is seen 
in the way an order of one hundred pounds of beef was 
roasted. As it was impossible to prepare at the school so 
large an amount without delay, the order was divided into 
lots of ten pounds each and sent out to be roasted. These 
ten orders, appetizingly cooked, were returned to the school 
at almost the same moment. The same promptness 
was found in other instances. By means of this aid from 
sources outside of the school, the facilities of the school 
were made to give to the recruits prompt and adequate 
service. During the five days the men remained at the 
school the duties that fell to the principals and their 
teachers were most efficiently met. Mr. Lawton, prin- 
cipal of the High School Annex and Miss Lyon, principal 
of the Grammar School, were untiring in their efforts to 
make the days at the Stephenson School as free as pos- 
sible from inconvenience and discomfort for the enlisted 
men. 

High School 

At the High School 202 men were taken care of on 
Thursday night. Before the close of school at two o'clock 



IJO NEW ROCHELLE. HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

an announcement was made to the pupils that bedding 
for several hundred men would he needed by night. The 
response to this suggestion was so liberal that it was 
possible to provide a fairly comfortable bed for each of the 
men. Supper and breakfast were provided in the lunch 
room. As the men had received orders to leave for Fort 
Slocum at seven o'clock the next morning, breaktast was 
ready by six o'clock. 

The preparation and serving ot the meals were under 
the general charge of Miss Fite, one oi the teachers in the 
High School. Food supplies were sent in part by the Red 
Cross, but a large portion was purchased from the stores 
near the school. In some cases money was provided pri- 
vately for the supplies ordered from the stores; in others 
the dealers were willing to wait until some way was tound 
to pay the accounts. Without exception the teachers of 
the school cheerfully and effectively helped in the task 
of taking care of the soldier-guests, both in preparing 
and serving the food and in arranging sleeping accom- 
modations. The well equipped lunch room made it 
possible to provide well cooked meals promptly and 
satisfactorily. 

The second contingent ot 14C men came to the High 
School on Friday morning and remained till Tuesday 
afternoon, when all but fifty were ordered to Fort Slocum. 
In the middle of the atternoon, on Tuesday, 180 men who 
had been provided tor in Mount \'ernon were ordered to 
the school and kept there till eight the next day. Supper 
and breaktast were served these men and the htty men oi 
the second contingent who had remained behind. Mr. 
Bragdon had general charge of the at^airs at the High 
School and was aided by the teachers of the school as well 
as by teachers 'from schools in which men had not been 
quartered. 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME 121 

Mayflower School 

At the Mayflower School 1 18 men were given accommo- 
dations, beginning on Friday evening with supper. Most 
of the men remained till the next Wednesday afternoon. 
Bedding was brought to the school mainly through the 
efforts of the Mayflower Parent-Teachers' Association. 
Although there was at that time no domestic science 
equipment in this school, the residents of the neighbor- 
hood made it possible to prepare meals by bringing in 
generous quantities of well cooked food of various kinds. 
Coffee and bread were furnished by the Red Cross 
Canteen. Mr. Vincent and his teachers looked after 
all the details of caring for the men assigned to the 
Mayflower School. 

Union Avenue School 

To the Union Avenue School 96 men were sent Thurs- 
day evening at half-past ten o'clock. As these men had 
been without food since early in the morning, preparation 
was made to provide sandwiches and coffee. The Red 
Cross furnished the sandwiches, but members of the 
Neighborhood Club made generous supplies of hot coffee 
in their homes and took it to the school. For this comfort 
the men showed themselves most grateful. The men were 
kept at this school till they were ordered to leave for Fort 
Slocum on the following Wednesday forenoon at half- 
past ten o'clock. 

Bedding was liberally provided by the Neighborhood 
Club, assisted by some of their friends on Lockwood 
Avenue. The Red Cross furnished some of the food, but a 
large part was provided by the Neighborhood Club. This 
organization, composed of citizens living in the district 
belonging to this school, supplied most of the meat, vege- 



122 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

tables, and desserts. The tood was cooked in the homes 
of the members of the Ckib and taken to the school ready 
to serve to the men. The spirit of helpful service exhibited 
bv the people in the Union Avenue district cannot be over- 
praised. While there was a spirit of helptulness in all 
parts of the city, it is entirely within the truth to say that 
in no other section ot the city could there be tound service 
more whole-hearted than among the people in this dis- 
trict. They seemed to appreciate the opportunity to con- 
tribute what they could, both in money and labor. Even 
the tradesmen of the small stores in this neighborhood were 
reluctant to present bills for supplies turnished by them. 
This spirit of generosity is the more noticeable tor the 
reason that the residents of this section of the city cannot 
be classed among the wealthy. jMiss Bloomheld, the 
principal of the school, assisted by the teachers, and mem- 
bers of the Neighborhood Club, were unremitting in their 
efforts to look after the welfare of the men whose home tor 
six days was in the Union Avenue School. 

Trinity Place School 

On Friday morning, December I4, iSj men were sent to 
the Trinity Place School, where they remained till the 
following Thursday forenoon. The domestic-science equip- 
ment in this school afforded ample facilities tor prepar- 
ing meals in the building. The luncheon on Thursday 
was furnished by the Red Cross, but after that all the 
meals were provided by the school trom supplies purchased 
in the city markets. Mrs. William A. Moore had general 
charge of purchasing and preparing the tood. Women 
living in the district gave generous help in service and 
food. Every day well cooked food was sent in trom homes 
in the neighborhood, increasing the variety ot the menus. 
Bedding was supplied in generous amounts by residents 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME I23 

in the school district. Miss Walker, the principal of the 
school, and her teachers gave themselves unsparingly to the 
.task of making their guests feel at home. Entertainments 
of various kinds were provided. Three dances were held 
in the assembly hall attended by a large number of towns- 
people. Sunday was indeed a reception day. All day 
long and late into the evening the building was thronged 
with visitors, many of them business men, and all anxious 
to be of service in making the stay of these enlisted men 
an event in their lives, the recollection of which would 
always be pleasant. 

Before leaving for Fort Slocum the men raised a fund 
for a bronze tablet to be placed in the school as a perma- 
nent evidence of their appreciation of the hospitality they 
had receiv^ed during the week they had made their home 
in the Trinity Place School. 

The inscription on this tablet, which will ever be held as 
one of the treasures of the Trinity Place School, reads: 
"To commemorate the gratitude of 183 Massachusetts 
recruits given food and shelter at the Trinity Place School 
by the teachers and citizens of New Rochelle, December 
I4-20, 1917." The signatures of these 183 men hang, 
neatly framed, near the tablet. 

Besides giving the tablet to the school, the men left a 
fund of thirty dollars for the Red Cross. 

In all the schools the enlisted men showed in various 
ways their appreciation of the hospitality that had been 
so cordially extended to them by the teachers and citizens 
in the neighborhood of the schools. During their stay in 
the schools the men were constantly giving expression to 
their gratitude. 

The untiring and unselfish service rendered by the 
teachers throughout recruit week merits the highest com- 
mendation. It was looked upon as a privilege to do some- 



124 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

thing tor these men whom circumstances, notot their own 
choosing, had made guests ot the schools. Teachers 
whose services were not needed in the schools did useful 
work in the churches and at the Knishts of Columbus 
Hall. 

It should be said that the recruits who were assigned to 
the schools made a body ot men ot whom this nation may 
well be proud. The destinies of the American nation are 
safe in the keeping of men who had of their own volition 
offered themselves as soldiers in a war waged in the cause 
of civilization and humanity. 

During the week there was an absence ot any objec- 
tionable conduct. The admirable spirit and the good- 
natured disposition to adjust themselves to the conditions 
in which they found themselves won the highest respect 
from everybody. As these young men, representing all 
classes of American life, took their departure from the 
schools and began their journey toward the uncertain 
future, they carried with them the good wishes and prayers 
of those they left behind. Some of them paid the supreme 
price before the task before them was done. Their memory 
will always be cherished in the schools ot this city as one 
of the privileges brought to them by the Great War. 

In speaking of the 183 men for whom the Trinity Place 
School became their home for a week, the principal of the 
school says: "Not one act of discourtesy or one bit of 
rough conduct did I observe during the hve days these 
boys were our guests. I think they liked us, and I know 
we liked them. From the time the boys came to Trinity 
on that stormy winter morning until we waved adieu to 
them from the Neptune Dock not an unpleasant incident 
occurred." Like testimony to the manliness ot these en- 
listed men came trom all the schools. 

Within the limits set for an account of the war work of 



THE PIBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME I25 

the schools a detailed statement of the many-sided activi- 
ties in which teachers and pupils had an effective part 
cannot be made. The thing of chief importance in the 
contribution the schools made to the war work ot the city 
was the spirit ot sacrifice and unselfish service that gave 
color and vitality to all that was done by the schools 
through the entire war period. 

In all of the Liberty Loan campaigns the teachers and 
pupils took an active part. The effectiveness of the work 
done by the schools was recognized by the chairmen of 
the different committees having this work in charge. The 
most useful service rendered by the schools came from the 
systematic way in which information pertaining to these 
bond issues was taken home to the parents of the pupils. 
All literature received from the Government designed to 
interest the public in the Liberty Loans was taken by the 
pupils to their parents. From day to day in every class- 
room in which the pupils were old enough to understand 
the reasons tor asking the public to buy Liberty Bonds 
discussions were held on every phase of the subject. The 
pamphlets sent out by the Government were read and 
discussed. In the upper grade classes compositions, in 
which every phase of the relation of the Liberty Loans 
to the winning ot the war, were written as a part ot the 
regular school work in English. In this way the pupils 
acquired an intimate knowledge of the subject of Govern- 
ment bond issues and could give to their parents enthus- 
iastic and convincing reasons why Liberty Bonds should 
be bought. Besides these classroom discussions addresses 
by prominent men and women before the morning assem- 
blies were made. The far-reaching effect of this prelimin- 
ary work in each Liberty Loan campaign was apparent in 
every part of the city. 

For obvious reasons it did not seem best to have the 



120 NEW ROCHKLLK: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

school children do much canvassing tor actual subscrip- 
tions. It was thought that in some cases smaller sub- 
scriptions would be given to children than would be given 
to adults, especially when the canvassers happened to be 
neighbors or business acquaintances. In the closing week 
of the Third Liberty Loan the pupils were given a chance 
to take subscriptions. The actual subscriptions taken 
amounted to Si "9,550, divided among the schools as 
follows: 



>o 



High School ?iio' 

Trinity SSy'^S'^ 

Mayflower I-?I50 

Winy ah 12,25c 

Union o'.of^^ 

Stephenson oC^o 

In addition to these subscriptions parents o\ pupils in 
the following schools made subscriptions as the direct 
result of the work of pupils, although the subscriptions 
were placed with the banks, and were not credited to the 
schools: 

Union Si 1,150 

Columbus i,o<^ 

Weyman 11,400 

Huguenot 4>5<^o 

What was done in the Third Liberty Loan represented 
the helpful service of the schools in insuring the success 
of the different Loan Campaigns. 

One good result ot the part taken by the pupils in the 
Liberty Loans came from the clear and full knowledge 
they obtained o( the reasons why the United States went 
to war with Germany and why it was of vital consequence 
to the world that the Allies should win. 




Dedication of the High School Service Flag 

Dr. McGregor Speaking 




\X ar Time Scenes at L nion Avenue School 



THE rVBLir SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME I27 

The same plan was tollowed in arousing interest in War 
Savings Stamps, The campaign to interest the pupils 
and the general public in War Savings Stamps was used as 
a means of training school children in habits of thrift. 
While the patriotic duty to buy War Savings Stamps was 
at all times kept before the children, the teachers were 
urged to induce their pupils to form habits of thrift as an 
important element of character. 

Without appeals that would unduly arouse the emotions 
of the pupils, principals and teachers kept before them 
the thought that the Nation was engaged in a great war 
and that everybody would be called upon to make sacri- 
fices. The children were much impressed by this view of 
the opportunity the war offered them to make what sacri- 
fices they could. Many a child walked to school to save 
carfare, or went without candy and other luxuries in order 
to buy Thrift Stamps or to contribute to the Red Cross 
fund. In the Stephenson School a little girl, who had been 
saving her money tor a long time in order to buy a puppy, 
came home trom school at noontime one day and said to 
her mother: "Well, mamma, I guess I can do without 
my puppy until the war is over, I am going to loan my 
515 to Uncle Sam." This spirit of self-denial shown by 
this Stephenson School girl was found in thousands ot 
children throughout the schools. "Few pennies," writes 
the principal of the Weyman School, "were spent for 
candy during those long eighteen months. If any pupil 
was known to have spent a penny for gum or like luxury, 
he became unpopular with his schoolmates. One little 
boy ot six was heard to say, 'I've forgotten how candy 
tastes.'" 

The work done by the schools through the medium of the 
Junior Red Cross formed an important part of the useful 
service performed by the teachers and pupils of the city. 



128 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Early in 1918 the American Red Cross provided for a 
branch of this organization in the schools of the Nation 
to be called the J'-i'^ior Red Cross. Each school could 
become a Junior Red Cross unit by raising a sum equal to 
twenty-five cents for each pupil enrolled in the school. 
The pupils of the New Rochelle schools met the condi- 
tions of membership with alacrity, providing in every 
school a fund in excess of the amount needed to entitle 
the school to membership as a Junior Red Cross Unit. 
The membership fund raised in the different schools 
amounted to $2732.91, distributed among the schools as 
follows: 



High School 


$223.63 


Trinity 


351-46 


Union 


137.33 


Huguenot 


167.38 


Weyman 


172.53 


Winyah 


396.01 


Columbus 


270.07 


Mayflower 


573.71 


Stephenson 


435-54 


Coopers Corners 


S-^S 



In addition to the money needed to gain membership 
in the Junior Red Cross the children made liberal contri- 
butions for Red Cross work, the Mayflower school alone 
raising a little more than $1300 for this purpose. 

Besides raising money for Junior Red Cross membership 
the schools did a surprisingly large amount of work in the 
way of making articles useful to the soldiers or to foreign 
refugees. These articles took the form of surgical dress- 
ings, hospital bags, comfort bags, sweaters, and various 
kinds of clothing needed by the suffering refugees of 
Europe. 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME 1 29 

The Junior Red Cross Unit of the High School met every 
Wednesday and Friday from 2.30 to 5.00 p.m. from March 
ro June, 1918, and during this period made 17,695 surgical 
dressings, 30 hospital bags, 20 jackets, filled 170 comfort 
bags, and helped in various ways to provide clothing for 
refugee children. 

From October, J917 to June, 1919 the Junior Red Cross 
Units of the schools made refugee garments to the number 
of 8899 as follows: 



High School 


978 


Trinity 


1310 


-Win yah 


1796 


Mayflower 


1 134 


Stephenson 


976 


W^eyman 


937 


Columbus 


846 


Huguenot 


667 


Union 


^'SS 



In the summer of 1 9 1 8 Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction in Colorado, and for 
that year President of the National Education Association, 
made public her intention to present a bronze tablet to the 
school that by the end of the year would show the largest 
sale of War Savings Stamps per capita in the United 
States. This honor was won by the little Quaker Ridge 
School of five pupils. During the intensive campaign 
the last six weeks of the year these five children sold 
$1,525 in stamps, an average of $305 for each pupil, the 
largest per capita average in the schools of the United 
States. 

This handsome tablet, fifteen by twenty inches in size, 
has this legend: "Presented by Mary C. C. Bradford, 
President of the National Education Association, in recog- 



130 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

nition of the work of the soldiers of thrift, making this 
the leading school in the United States in the National 
War Savings Army. A. D. 191 8." 

In the sewing classes hundreds of articles were made as a 
part of the school work, much of the material being paid 
for by the children themselves. Ambulance pillows were 
made in large numbers. The Mayflower School contri- 
buted more than two hundred comfort bags in the winter 
of 191 8. Hundreds of these comfort bags, so highly prized 
by the soldiers, were made in the other schools. In many 
instances the children earned money to pay for the articles 
to fill these kits. 

Boys in the manual training classes in both the grammar 
schools and in the High School used their mechanical skill 
in making boxes for the Red Cross and in packing them 
for shipping. Dozens of these boxes were made in the 
grammar schools under the direction of Mr. Wagar, and 
in the High School under Mr. Baker's supervision. All of 
the booths used by the New Rochelle Red Cross in its 
membership drive in 191 8 were put together by grammar 
school boys. 

The spirit of helpfulness which pervaded all the schools 
is well described by MissLyon, principal of the Stephenson 
Grammar School, in a report in which she says: 

"The sewing period throughout the war has been used 
in work for the soldiers, the hospitals, and the refugees. 
Never was a "period" so wonderfully elastic! It began 
before school, stretched itself over recesses and noon hours 
only to reappear after school and even go home with the 
eager workers. No one said 'You must do this' but work 
assigned to classes had a way of returning finished in much 
less than record time. The boys left their games to work 
the snipping machine to fill the pillows so the girls need 
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME 1 31 

washcloths, wind bobbins, and sew on tapes as expertly 
as the girls. The rule seemed to be 'Any work that will 
help is the work for me.'" 

One of the noteworthy features of the war work of the 
schools was the zeal with which the children in those 
schools where the pupils belonged to homes in which 
money was not abundant entered into the war work of the 
schools. To get the means to provide comfort bags for the 
soldiers these children were always on the alert to find ways 
to earn money. "With the constant demands for money, " 
says Miss Corbin, principal of the Weyman School, " and 
the shortage of home funds, ways and means of making 
money were thought out. Everything that could be sold 
was brought in, including newspapers, magazines, bottles, 
rubber, tin-foil, and iron. The older boys, with the help 
of a willing janitor, took care of each commodity. There 
were few scrap-baskets to be emptied, because after paper 
was used on both sides, it was neatly piled and sold, bring- 
ing a higher price than newspaper. The girls sold home- 
made cakes and candies, and pennies for sachets and book- 
markers all helped to swell the fund." 

This spirit prevailed throughout all classes in every 
school. Besides all the money the children contributed to 
Red Cross and other war funds, they paid for all the 
material needed to make and fill the hundreds of comfort 
bags sent to the soldiers from the New Rochelle schools. 

During the time the Government was urging the con- 
servation of food as an essential factor in winning the war, 
the schools gave assistance in every possible way. The 
literature issued by the Food Administration was care- 
fully studied in the classrooms, and taken into the homes. 
In the domestic science classes special attention was given 
to food values and to meat substitutes and other means 
for making possible larger food exports to the Allied coun- 



132 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

tries. Pupils were taught to work out recipes in which 
substitute flours and fats could be used. In the spring of 
191 8 there was held in the Public library an exhibit of 
some of the work in food substitutes as used in the domes- 
tic science classes of the grammar schools. This work, done 
under the supervision of Miss Ball, supervisor of domestic 
science in the grammar schools, showed how palatable and 
nutritious food could be prepared in the home by using flour 
and meat substitutes. Desserts without flour and with a 
small amount of sugar formed a useful part of the exhibit. 
All of this work was helpful to everybody interested in help- 
ing win the war by practicing food conservation. 

Lack of space does not allow mention of the numerous 
instances showing the spirit of self-denial that the large 
majority of the pupils practiced during the stress of the 
war period. A class in the Huguenot School had collected 
a fund for baseball outfits, but cheerfully gave it all to the 
Red Cross. The graduating class of the Trinity School in 
June, 1 91 8, had made the usual arrangements to buy class 
pins and had collected $80 for this purpose; but instead 
of buying class pins the class unanimously voted to give 
the entire sum to the Red Cross. 

The adoption of a little French orphan by the pupils of 
Miss Campbell's class in the Columbus School may well 
be mentioned as an illustration of the practical way in 
which the sympathies of the school children found ex- 
pression. For this orphan, named Etinne Dartigues of 
Roaillan, France, this class raised $36.50 a year for two 
years, the money coming from the sale of articles made in 
school as a part of the handwork which is done as regular 
school work. The heartfelt gratitude which this French 
boy has tried to express in his letters to his young bene- 
factors show how deeply this generous act of these Colum- 
bus School children is appreciated. 





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The children of those grammar schools for which land 
was available carried on war gardens. The school gardens 
of the Huguenot and Union Avenue Schools, together with 
several acres of fertile land placed at the service of the 
Trinity School by Dr. Charles G. Miller, were effectively 
cultivated by several hundred pupils in these three schools. 
Hundreds of other pupils had home gardens which they 
made productive in an unusual degree. 

In all of the war work of the schools principals and 
teachers showed a never-failing zeal in their efforts to make 
the New Rochelle schools a useful factor in the war activi- 
ties of the city. Besides doing with their accustomed fidel- 
ity the regular work of the schools, they cheerfully met the 
increased burden which the stress of the war emergency 
put upon them. But in addition to their duties in the 
schools much useful war work outside of school hours was 
done. They served as helpers at Canteens, did clerical 
work for the draft board in classifying the men of draft 
age, and in several of the campaigns for war funds gave 
helpful service in compiling records for the use of can- 
vassers. Many of them used every spare moment in 
knitting for the soldiers and in making surgical dressings 
at Red Cross headquarters. In all this trying time no note 
of complaint was heard. Liberty Bonds were purchased 
by the teachers to the utmost limit of their ability. 

This sketch comes far short of telling adequately the 
story of the spirit of cheerful service and unselfish 
patriotism that pervaded the schools throughout the en- 
tire war period. The wonderful way in which principals, 
teachers, and children responded to every appeal for work 
and money will remain one of the inspiring memories of 
the New Rochelle Schools in war time. 



THE WORK OF THE CHURCHES 
By H. H. Beattys, D.D. 

The story of the part the churches of New Rochelle 
played in the war makes a most interesting and romantic 
chapter in the history of our city. 

The nearness of New Rochelle to Fort Slocum and Pel- 
ham Bay, where thousands of United States soldiers and 
sailors were in camp, brought the war closer than to the 
cities more remote from the center of war activities. 

With the suddenness of a bolt out of the blue, the 
churches of the city found themselves plunged into the 
midst of active war work. 

On the night of December lo, 1917 — a night never to be 
forgotten — nine hundred recruits, on their way to Fort 
Slocum, landed in New Rochelle after an all-day journey 
in crowded trains, to be met at the station with the word 
that they could not reach their destination till the next 
day. 

It was a bitter night, one of the coldest of the cold 
winter, and the streets were deserted, save for the few who 
were compelled to be out. Down the street leading to two 
of the churches, these recruits marched, in the biting cold, 
laughing, cheering, and singing, with no food to eat and no 
place to sleep. The suddenness of America's entrance into 
the war, and the unpreparedness of the nation for the 
gigantic task it had undertaken, made lack of system and 
order in handling the multitude of new situations and war 

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problems necessary and unavoidable. The rush of men 
to enlist before they were drafted not only taxed the ca- 
pacity of the Fort Slocum recruiting station, but literally 
swamped it with the unexpected rush of thousands who 
hastened to enlist before the date of the first draft. And 
so it happened that these hundreds and thousands of 
recruits were held up in New Rochelle. 

It was between nine and ten o'clock at night, when 
these nine hundred men, the first installment of the thou- 
sands that were to follow, arrived in New Rochelle on 
their way to Fort Slocum. Unable to reach the Fort that 
night and with no place to go, they started to tramp the 
streets. Four or five hundred of them found their way to 
two near-by churches, which threw open their doors to 
this cold and hungry crowd. Though they had been 
traveling all day long, with nothing to eat, there were no 
complaints, — but, taking it all as part of the day's work 
— laughing, cheering, and singing — they poured into the 
warm and lighted churches. 

How to feed these hungry men, on a bitter cold winter's 
midnight, was a serious problem. But the news of their 
arrival spread rapidly, and though it was by this time well 
on to midnight, plans were speedily under way to provide 
something for these boisterous, hungry boys. 

The next morning's baking of a near-by bakery, and the 
contents of a delicatessen shop, solved the problem, and 
soon busy hands were making sandwiches, and women 
were preparing hot coffee for the ravenous crowd. It was 
after one o'clock in the morning before they were all fed, 
and then came the question of sleeping quarters. Both 
these churches threw open their main auditoriums, and 
the men were soon ranged along the floor on cushions or 
found beds in the pews. By two o'clock the lights were 
out, and the first installment of the men, whom New 



136 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Rochelle was proud to call her "guests," were sleeping in 
their first and unexpected barracks. 

Thus it was that the churches of New Rochelle were 
plunged into active war work with unexpected suddenness. 

Though the demands upon them were thus sudden and 
unusual, the churches responded with an enthusiasm and 
efficiency that were remarkable. From that first night, 
when nine hundred men, at midnight, were fed with sand- 
wiches and hot coffee, and put to bed on pew cushions, for 
ten days and nights these recruits, pouring into New 
Rochelle on every train by day and night, were cared for, 
fed, provided with sleeping quarters, and ministered to 
by the churches. As many as 618 at one time were cared 
for in one of the churches of the city. 

Anything that would add to the comfort of these boys, 
while guests of the churches, was done gladly and eagerly. 

No one realized the size of the undertaking that New 
Rochelle assumed that night in offering its hospitality to 
these men on their way to answer their country's call. 
No one stopped long enough to inquire or figure it out. 
Here were these men on our city's streets, hungry and with 
no place to sleep, and all that anyone thought of was to 
minister to their immediate need. 

Official word reached us that, in the morning, room would 
be found for them at Fort Slocum. But no sooner did one 
lot leave for the Fort than crowded trains brought hun- 
dreds more to take their place. By day and by night they 
came. Who that had a part in those busy tireless days and 
nights will ever forget them! No matter at what hour 
of day or night they came, the pastors and workers of the 
churches were present to welcome them. At two or three 
o'clock in the morning they would arrive, and with a 
" Come in, boys, we're glad to see you, " they would stream 
in, smiling, laughing, cheering. Then busy women would 



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prepare sandwiches and coffee, and the tired, hungry 
crowd would fall to, and when their hunger was appeased, 
would wrap themselves in their blankets, for a few hours' 
heavy sleep. 

As soon as it was seen that the situation was not a 
temporary emergency of a day or two, but promised to be 
prolonged into a week or ten days, it was realized that 
some more substantial provision must be provided than 
sandwiches and coffee. 

Then the local Red Cross came to the rescue and ar- 
ranged to furnish all the necessary supplies of food and 
blankets. Committees were formed in all the churches to 
handle these supplies and provide full entertainment for 
the men. 

Men and women came eagerly forward in each church, 
offering their services day or night, and the churches were 
hives of busy workers. 

Writing rooms were fitted up, post-offices established, 
entertainments provided, and every thoughtful service 
possible was gladly given, everybody counting it a privi- 
lege as well as a pleasure to serve these men who had 
enlisted in their country's cause. 

Much might be written of the effect of this work both 
on the churches and the men. The churches caught a new 
vision of service, and the men gained a new conception of 
the church. " I have never had much use for the church," 
said one of these fellows to the pastor of the church enter- 
taining him, "but if this is what the church means, then 
I'm for the church." 

The gratitude that the men felt toward the churches 
was touching to see. In every way possible they showed 
their appreciation of the hospitality and service rendered 
them. Wherever they saw an opportunity to help they 
eagerly accepted it, — moving tables, washing or wiping 



138 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART 1\ THE GREAT WAR 

dishes, cleaning the rooms, arranging pew cushions. 
Whatever they could do to help they were eager to do. 

During the early part of their stay, a blizzard arrived in 
town, and the city was snowed in on every side. The 
pastor of one of the churches bought a dozen snow shovels 
at a local store, and called for a dozen volunteers who 
would go for them and shovel out the walks about the 
building. A hundred men sprang forward and volunteered. 
They came laughing, cheering back, a dozen of them with 
shovels, and shouting, "Over the top, boys! over the top!" 
They literally sprang to the work, and in an almost in- 
credible time had cleaned off every walk around the 
church. Two or three came up to the pastor standing by, 
enjoying the sight, and said: "Where are your church 
members? We'll shovel them out." "Well, there are not 
any near by, boys," answered the pastor, "but shovel out 
the neighbors." So beginning on one side of the street they 
passed down the block and then up on the other side till 
every house on both sides of the block was snow-free. 
Every pastor in the city could multiply instances to show 
the eagerness of these men to do something to express their 
appreciation of what the churches were doing for them. 
One fellow was found roaming around in one of the 
churches at two o'clock in the morning, and, when asked 
by one of the men of the church, if he wanted anything, 
answered: "Yes, I couldn't sleep content till I had found 
someone to tell how grateful we fellows are for what you 
are doing for us." 

Nearly every church received, in one form or other, 
gifts from the men they entertained as expressions of the 
gratitude they felt for the hospitality given them. And 
who will ever be able to estimate the benefit and blessing 
that came to the churches of New Rochelle, because of this 
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nights. A new spirit seemed to possess the churches over 
night. Old ways of formality and routine went by the 
board. Church shibboleths and denominational emphasis 
dropped away almost unnoticed. A larger and truer 
spirit of service dominated the churches, and a Christian 
tolerance and charity such as the churches had never 
known before were markedly felt and expressed. 

Never will the churches of New Rochelle be quite the 
same again, because of the ministry they were permitted 
to give to these thousands of recruits during the winter 
of 1917. 

The spirit of real Christian service, once truly felt, 
becomes contagious and lasting. So, after the recruits 
left, the churches gave themselves to any kind of service 
that would help on the great work of the war. 

The next service to claim their attention was the Red 
Cross work. This fell almost entirely to the women of the 
churches. Immediately Red Cross auxiliaries were or- 
ganized in every church in the city, and for one or more 
days a week, large groups of women could be found busily 
at work from nine or ten in the morning till five at night, 
making garments and preparing bandages for use overseas. 

As in every new work, enthusiasm ran high, and many 
responded to the call, glad to do "their bit," but unlike 
most new work, the loyalty and enthusiasm held unabated, 
week in and week out, through the duration of the war. 
And in several of the churches the Red Cross work con- 
tinued strong for a full year after the armistice was signed. 
During the heat and discomfort of the summer, while 
others were spending their outings in mountains or by sea- 
shore, these women stood nobly by, faithfully and per- 
sistently preparing garments for the fighters, and ban- 
dages and supplies for the wounded. 

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140 NEW ROCIIELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

ber of the different articles of clothing and supplies fur- 
nished by the churches of our city, nor is it worth while, 
perhaps, though the figures would be impressive. Suffice 
it to say that many thousands of needful articles for the 
comfort of the men in the trenches, and innumerable 
hospital supplies, went forth in a steady stream from the 
churches of our city. After the armistice the women of 
the churches took up work for the refugees, making baby 
dresses for the homeless and destitute children, and cloth- 
ing for the Belgium women. 

Among the many war activities of the churches, next 
in importance to the Red Cross work was the canteen 
work. When the local Y. M. C. A. was generously turned 
over to the War Camp Community Service for a Soldiers' 
and Sailors' Club, one of the principal parts of that work 
was the carrying on of a canteen, where the men in uni- 
form could secure, at minimum price, meals of good, whole- 
some, home-made cooking. The call was sent out to the 
different churches in the city to furnish teams of workers, 
who would serve at regular intervals during each month, as 
workers in this canteen. And these teams of women from 
the churches, each in charge of a competent captain, would 
give their quota of time, from six o'clock in the morning- — 
when a hot breakfast was prepared for the men who had 
spent the night at the Club — till ten at night, serving 
these boys in uniform, who crowded the tables eager to 
get what the women had prepared for them. 

During the taxing heat of the summer days, these 
women from the churches could be found, day in and day 
out, Sundays included, with hot and perspiring faces, but 
always cheerful and uncomplaining, standing over hot 
stoves, cooking the food that the boys were so glad to get, 
and enjoyed with manifest relish. "It's different," one 
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rations served in camp. "It makes me think of the kind 
mother used to make," some contented fellow would say, 
as he put away a double portion of fried eggs and bacon, 
hot coffee, and fresh-made pie. It was a joy to go in and 
watch these women of the churches, in their spic and span 
Red Cross uniforms, "mother" these boys in khaki and 
blue, who came by hundreds and thousands to enjoy the 
good things they prepared for them. 

In all the great war "drives," the Liberty Loan, the 
Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., etc., the churches stood forth 
as ardent advocates and supporters. From every pulpit 
went forth ringing appeals to the people to rally to the 
support of these great "drives," and "Minute Men" 
representing the various "drives" were given public hear- 
ings in all the churches. 

Continually, throughout the war, public patriotic meet- 
ings of every character were held in the churches, which 
helped greatly to stimulate and spiritualize the ideals of 
the cause, and keep the fires of patriotic ardor and zeal 
brightly and steadily burning. The churches were eager 
to serve, and were gladly thrown open for all kinds of 
meetings for war-work purposes. 

In every church the Stars and Stripes and the flags of 
the Allies were to be seen draped over pulpit or flying 
from the platform or ceiling during the Sunday services, 
and floating in the breeze from flagstaff" or spire during 
the week. "Service Flags," with a star of blue for each 
of their boys in service, with one or more gold stars that 
spoke, more eloquently than golden speech, of the sacrifi- 
cial dead, were conspicuous emblems that held the place 
of honor in every church. 

The war is over, and to outward appearance the 
churches have taken on their accustomed ways, but with a 
larger vision and a nobler spirit of service. 



142 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Already the war seems like a dream, a far cry, a thing 
of the long ago. The great compelling forces and motives, 
that moved America as she never was moved before, have 
subsided and faded out. It remains for the churches, who 
played so large a part in the great war, and played it so 
nobly, to hold aloft in the days of world reconstruction the 
ideals and standards for which America sent her sons over- 
seas, and left fifty thousand of them scattered in unmarked 
graves along the far-flung battlefields of France, who, 
though dead, yet speak, and say to us who live in these 
great days: 



" To you from failiiig hands we throw 
The torch; be yours to hold it high. 
If ye break faith with us who die 
We shall not sleep., though poppies blow 
In Flanders fields.'' 








Lieutenant Smith 

With wonderful skill and pleasing personality, he whipped hundreds of men into 
shape and made them do the hardest work they ever did — but they swear by him 




Mrs. Helen Taylor Dayrell 

Second War President of the Woman's Club 



THE WOMAN'S CLUB IN THE WAR 

By Helen Turner Dayrell 

Throughout its existence, the Woman's Club has held 
to a uniform policy in regard to public activities. It has 
never tried to hold within its limited membership any work 
in which the general public might wish to have a part. 
It has been a group joined together for study and experi- 
mentation. 

New enterprises are first tested out by the personal 
labor and energy of the club members, funds are raised for 
carrying them on in the beginning, and when their value 
is fully demonstrated, they are turned over as established 
institutions, to some department of the city, or to a holding 
organization open to the whole public. 

At the beginning of the war, as the Club had no home to 
offer for war work, it was thought best for all members to 
work as individuals in all the local organizations and 
churches, the official work of the Club being to follow out 
the plans urged by the Government, and not only to raise 
and give money of its own but also to help the community 
raise money for different war purposes. 

This work was accomplished under the two Presidents, 
Mrs. William Mason Harding and Mrs. Harry G, B, 
Dayrell. 

Although the Woman's Club did not place itself at the 
head of any one work which should bear its name, it 

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144 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

carried on a large amount of war work, both officially and 
unofficially, much of which is here recorded for the first 
time. 

The President of the Club sent a delegate (Mrs. Lee 
Lash) to a conference in Washington, D. C, called by the 
Fosdick Commission to consider the responsibility of the 
community to the social life and happiness of the soldier 
and sailor. This meeting resulted in the formation of the 
War Camp Community Service and Mrs. Lash brought the 
message to New Rochelle with such enthusiasm that the 
organization here was one of the first as well as one of the 
strongest in the country. 

The Club investigated war work for girls and sponsored 
the formation of the Girls' Patriotic Service League, which 
became a part of War Camp Community. It turned over 
its own Girls' Club of one hundred members as Unit No. 2. 

Another activity undertaken by the Club was a course 
in Home Service designed to put into the local field par- 
tially trained workers for the Home Service Department 
of the Red Cross. This was made much more interesting 
and valuable by the generous offer of Porter R. Lee, 
Director of the School for Social Service (formally the 
New York School of Philanthropy) to give his services to 
the Woman's Club as director of the class. 

A drive for Red Cross nurses was carried on by a special 
club committee. 

The work of the Club sections was various, following 
along their individual lines of activity. 

The Civic Education Section studied conservation and 
spread the propaganda of thrift in every way. A member 
of the section acted as Chairman of the Garden Division 
of the Thrift Committee in 1917, another acted as a four- 
minute speaker on conservation before the Club through- 
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Governmcnr, this in turn being faithfully acted upon by 
the members. 

The practical application of war conservation was the 
work of the Home Economics Section. This section took 
entire charge of the community canning work in July, 1917, 
and continued the work thrrjughout the season associated 
with the paid instructor sent by the State. Jt also gave 
demonstrations in the schools of how to prepare war-time 
cookery and carried on a department of tried receipts in 
the local papers. Also organized classes in cookery along 
these lines at the High School. 

The Drama Section presented a play at Pelham Bay 
Naval Station for the men stationed there. 

The Art Section held a most interesting exhibit in the 
summer of if^iH, gathering a very good selection of pic- 
tures in a downtown room for the benefit of soldiers and 
sailors. 

The Music Section through its concerts made a special 
effort to attract the men in uniform. 

Because the Club had the machinery to call out many 
women ffjr group work it undertook an active part in 
raising money for carrying on the war through the various 
local drives. Mrs. Harding was Chairman of the Woman's 
Committee in four of the Liberty Loan campaigns, and 
Mrs. J3ayrell was Chairman of the Second Red Cross 
Drive. The latter was also Chairman of the Christmas 
I-*arcel Flan of the Red Cross for soldiers overseas. Mrs. 
William A. Moore, a member of the Club, was also Chair- 
man of the Woman's Committee for one Liberty Loan 
campaign. 

The financial contribution of the Club itself to the 
maintenance of the war was considerable, the Club with 
its Sections raising and giving ^3000 in money. It also 
bought I7000 of Liberty Bonds and $1100 worth of War 



146 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Saving Stamps, at the same time keeping up its regular 
contributions to local charities. 

The Club adopted eight French war orphans, and is 
still furnishing their maintenance. 

Such was the official work, but the unofficial work of 
the members far surpasses it. In all the various branches 
of the great Red Cross Organization, members of the 
Woman's Club worked faithfully, in very many instances 
as officers or heads of committees. Not a member of the 
Club but gave time and labor to more than one of the 
following branches of work, — surgical dressings, sewing, 
knitting, mending, canteen, and motor corps. In the Home 
Service trying to keep the soldiers' families comfortable, 
in the drive for nurses, in organizing Belgium Relief, in 
directing the work of the Junior Red Cross, and preparing 
Comfort Kits for New Rochelle men. 

In the community garden work, club members worked 
individually, or as supervisors gathered about them 
groups in schools and churches. The dances at the Sol- 
diers' and Sailors' Club were arranged and conducted by 
members of the Club. In other war activities, such as 
Girls' Patriotic Service League, the New Rochelle Tribute 
Committee, the Knitting League, the Navy League, 
members of the Club were active. Their affiliation with 
the Club, through which they had learned the value of and 
the ability to do team work, made for efficient service at a 
critical time. 

While the usual club activities were reduced to a mini- 
mum in order to divert no energy from war work, the Club 
was kept on a good working basis so that, when the end 
of the conflict came, New Rochelle might have organized 
and ready for service a large body of women, prepared 
to serve their community as devotedly in times of peace 
as they served in time of war. 



WOMAN'S PART IN THE WAR 
By Mary Huston Gregory 

In the days of old, when men went forth to battle the 
women who were left behind wept and wrung their hands, 
or worked endless embroideries and tapestries as they 
awaited their lords' return; but in these days of mental, 
political, and business equality, when the call to arms 
comes, men and women alike rally to their country's 
service. True to their ancient traditions of tenderness and 
mercy, while men wage war, the women seek to mitigate 
its horrors. 

When America entered the world war, women every- 
where asked, ''What can I do to help?" The ansv/er 
revealed itself in many forms of activity. First of all in 
caring for the sick and wounded; in providing comforts 
and pleasures for the men in camp at home and overseas; 
in looking after the needs of the families left behind; in 
producing and conserving food and other materials, and 
in stepping into the places in the business and industrial 
world left vacant when the men marched away. 

In New Rochelle women had long been accustomed to 
thinking and acting for the common good; they were 
organized and trained for service, and so, even before the 
war, plans for effective work were well under way. An 
active branch of the Red Cross, complete with canteens, 
motor corps, home service, and Junior department added 
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dressing departments; a branch of the Navy Knitting 
League; a special Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid for New 
Rochelle men, and the multitudinous activities of the War 
Camp Community Service, — all these took care of the 
men and their families. 

Throughout the war New Rochelle women did their 
best by conserving food, by saving money and materials, 
by giving and lending unstintingly, by working in the 
various war drives, by teaching their children patriotism, 
loyalty, and the gift of sacrifice. 

Putting aside the pleasures of a leisure life and conquer- 
ing old prejudices, they and their children worked wher- 
ever the need arose, wherever a service could be rendered. 
Greatest of all they gave up their husbands and sons, 
brothers and lovers with a smile that hid the breaking 
heart, and kept the "home fires burning" so cheerily that 
there was no atmosphere of sadness to dim the luster ot 
their sacrifice or to impair the morale of those who went 
forth and the thousands of soldiers within our gates. 

The record of the women of New Rochelle in the war is 
one upon which they may look with honest pride. New 
Rochelle answered every call of duty, and interwoven with 
every service rendered by men was the sustaining work of 
the women, who did their part so nobly that they added 
a page that will ever remain bright in the history of our 
city 



FOOD CONSERVATION 
By Mary Huston Gregory 

Few, if any, communities in America began the work 
of food conservation earlier or carried out a more syste- 
matic plan than New Rochelle. Realizing that, whether 
peace or war ensued, food was certain to become the great 
economic problem of the world, on account of diminished 
supplies, lessened production, and the sinking of food 
cargoes, the leaders in this movement planned their work 
early. 

About the first of February, 191 7, a permanent com- 
mittee representing the various organizations interested 
was formed. This committee consisted of the following: 
Mrs. Lawrence E. Van Etten, founder of the Woman's 
Club, and long prominent in public work, Chairman; Mrs. 
W. R. Pitt, President of the Plant, Flower, and Fruit Guild, 
First Vice-President; Mrs. Wheeler J. Peckham, President 
of the Garden Club, Second Vice-President, Miss Mildred 
Allen (later succeeded by Mrs. C. C. Schmitt), Secretary; 
Mrs. E. L. Barnard, of the Home and School Garden 
Committee, Treasurer. 

The Executive Committee brought together other 
groups of workers. It consisted of the following members : 

Mrs. George W. Kear, Chairman Civic Section, 
Woman's Club. 

Mrs. Ada C. Beckwith, Chairman Education Section, 
Woman's Club. 

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150 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Mrs. /\rthur F. McHarg, Chairman Home Economics, 
Woman's Club. 

Mrs. Louise F. Hawes, Associated Charities. 

Mrs. Charles E. Gregory, Advisor on Conservation. 

The plan of action was laid out along the following lines: 
Production, Preservation, Marketing, Distribution, Food 
Values, and Household Saving. This was two months 
before America entered the war, yet it is the course later 
followed by the government. In fact New Rochelle did 
much to further the cause of national food conservation 
in the beginning. The Garden Club had studied garden- 
ing in its practical aspect. The Plant, Flower, and Fruit 
Guild had taught school gardening. Mrs. Van Etten had 
carried on experiments for several years in vacant lot 
gardening in this city and Mrs. Gregory had written and 
studied extensively on the conservation of our "natural 
resources. Early in April a complete outline of the 
work planned for New Rochelle, as well as a plea for a 
national food conservation movement, appeared in the 
New York Times, and elicited interest all over the 
country. 

Immediately after Mr. Hoover returned from Europe, 
and before he became Food Administrator, Mrs. Van 
Etten visited Washington, and personally laid before him 
and his representatives Mrs. Gregory's plan for a National 
Conservation League as well as many practical plans of 
her own. Nearly all of these ideas were woven into what 
later became the working plan of the Federal Food Ad- 
ministration. Mrs. Gregory's outline was also used in the 
organization of the State food work. 

The local work was well under way by the time the 
gardening season was opened. Funds were collected, 
vacant land secured and given out to those who made 
application for it; fertilizers, seeds, and young plants were 



FOOD CONSERVATION I51 

raised and distributed through Mrs. Kear with the aid of 
the various cooperating organizations. 

Mention should be made of the great assistance ren- 
dered by the local newspapers throughout the war and 
of the generous contributions of money from members of 
the Iselin family and others. The County Farm Bureau 
Agent, James G. Curtis, and others spoke from time to 
time in the High School Auditorium on successive steps 
in good gardening. 

This committee took charge of the school gardens and 
directed to a great extent the work of the garden teacher. 
Three school farms and three school gardens were con- 
ducted, as well as a large number of vacant lot and com- 
munity gardens. 

Later in the summer a community canning kitchen was 
opened at Trinity School by this committee. Members 
of the Home Economics Section of the Woman's Club did 
this work without pay. The main burden of the work fell 
on Mrs. W. W. Ferguson and Mrs. C. B. Allen. Others 
who gave much faithful service were Mrs. Walter Taylor, 
Mrs. S. C. Steinhardt, and Mrs. Emil Samek. A market 
for the sale of vegetables was opened with Mrs. Wm. A. 
Moore and Mrs. Adam Frank assisting Mrs. Van Etten 
in its management. 

In the early summer, the Governor requested the 
Mayors of all cities in the State to appoint War 
Garden Committees. The committee appointed by 
Mayor Griffing included Mrs. Van Etten and Mrs. Geo. 
W. Kear, also Dr. Charles G. Miller, who worked in 
harmony with the Woman's Committee throughout the 
war. 

At the latter end of the summer, the W^estchester 
County Commission of General Safety organized for food 
conservation under a department called the Thrift Com- 



152 NEW ROCIIELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

mittee. Mrs. Van Etten was named the member from 
New Rochelle. 

When the National Food Administration asked to have 
Food Pledge cards distributed, this committee worked so 
effectively that New Rochelle led all the county in the 
number of cards signed. The same was true when the 
"Wheatless" pledge was circulated in the following year. 
During the summer food production and preservation 
occupied the chief attention of the Committee, but after 
the growing season was over, the teaching of careful 
marketing, study of food values, and household saving 
were taught to all housewives, and the question of the 
distribution of the year's crop became the chief matter of 
national concern. Dr. Miller, who had shown a deep 
interest in the work, was appointed local Food Administra- 
tor. The record of his accomplishment is a story in itself. 
It consisted principally of securing the enforcement ot the 
ever-changing food rules and regulations. It is the record 
of a thankless, difficult task, faithfully performed, and 
deserves high rank among the big duties carried on by 
those who stayed at home and served their country well. 

In January, 191 8> Mrs. F. R. Bump succeeded Mrs. 
Van Etten as County Representative in the Westchester 
Thrift Committee, which position she still holds. By this 
time the work was better systematized and easier to carry 
on, though it still required much energy and initiative. 

The schools of the county were organized as a part of 
the School Land Army. The county, state, and nation 
were also sending out plans, speakers, and pamphlets on 
all kinds of subjects which made less actual teaching work 
necessary. In the spring of 191 8, Mrs. Kear took charge 
of the Garden work becoming also the Mayor's special 
representative. Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Allen, together 
with Mrs. Bump, gave demonstrations of wheatless, meat- 



FOOD CONSERVATION I53 

less, and sugarless food prepared by the Home Economics 
Section of the Woman's Club. A large county meeting 
was held at the home of Mrs. James Crawford. 

Mrs. Haviland Nelson assisted Mrs. Bump in manag- 
ing the canning kitchen, with Mrs. Walter Taylor, Mrs. 
L. L. Driggs, and Mrs. E. P. Cunningham as executive 
committee. 

A paid director and assistants were employed this year, 
and very successful work carried on at Trinity and May- 
flower schools. 

Mrs. Gregory spoke on food conservation at all meetings 
of the Woman's Club, throughout the war, and also spoke 
in other cities. 

The people of New Rochelle, almost without exception, 
took^ high rank among the most faithful in producing, 
saving, and sacrificingin order to spare food for our soldiers 
and the starving peoples of Europe, and much of the credit 
of this is due to the very efficient work of this committee 
and the organizations behind it. It was not a spectacular 
task but it was a necessary one, and those who labored at 
it may well feel that this work in an obscure corner played 
its little part in the final triumph. 



THE iMOXEY HOUNDS 

Rv I'^RANK J. HfRMF.S 

Whkn ir was proposed rliat I should write the stor)- of 
the Money Hounds, I objected on the grounil that the 
story should be told by an observer rather than by one o{' 
the lMone>' Hounds. The interesting part ot the stoi\- 
is not in hinv the\' worked, but in the psyelmlogieal 
effect ot their work on the war activities in New Roehelle, 
T would like to write of the spirit that actuated the 
men wln^ composed this group it I were not atiaid ot 
being misunderstood. Suffice to say that I shall always 
look back on the year and a halt or more that 1 was asso- 
ciated with these men as one ot the best periods of my life. 

The Third Liberty Loan Orive was nearly half o\er. 
The total ot subscriptions was very small. On the surtace 
there was little interest in the loan, but as we found out 
later, surface indications were deceptive. 

About this time Mr. Bebb, manager of Loew's Theater, 
proposed that the Loan Committee should send speakers 
into the theater the following Monday, Tuesday, and 
Wednesday, on which nights the him "The Beast ot 
Berlin" was to be shown. This Him was a rattling war 
melodrama. In conversation with Mr. Bebb, it was pro- 
posed that we might ask the audience for subscriptions, 
using as subscription takers the two squads of soldiers that 
the Loan Committee had "borrowed" from lnirt Slocum. 
To all of this Mr. Bebb readily agreed. 

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TflK MOXKV IIOCXOS I55 

It should be borne in mind that drives in theaters and 
public places, so popular later on, were, up to this time, 
practically unknown, so that the undertaking was much 
in the nature of an experiment. 

The first drive was made at the theater on Monday 
night, April 21, 1918. A short patriotic talk was given, 
in which was explained the need for popular subscriptions. 
Application blanks were distributed by the soldiers, and 
as they were filled out by people in the audience they were 
handed to the speaker on the stage and announced by him. 

This was the start of the Money Hounds. One of the 
newspapers bestowed that name on this group of men, 
which stuck to them throughout the war. 

The drive was repeated during the second performance 
with the result that over $30,000 was raised on that 
night. 

The second night was better than the first. 'I'he Money 
Hounds, inspired by success, got into the spirit of the thing 
with more boldness and enthusiasm. The soldiers, too, 
began to lose self-consciousness and urged the buying of 
bonds. In fact, after the first three nights there was little 
of speech making, and most of the time allotted by the 
management of the theater was utilized for the drive. 

At first the audience seemed to look upon the drive as 
an interruption. Later they, too, caught the spirit and 
enjoyed the drive as much as we did. 

At the time none of us recognized the part that psy- 
chology played in this. We didn't know that the great 
mass of our people were enthusiastic and only needed the 
opportunity to show it. 

None of us can shut ourselves alone in a room and give 
vent to enthusiasm. When we want to shout we want to 
do it with a crowd, and the infectious psychology of the 
crowd is needed to swell our own enthusiasm. Here we 



156 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

have the real secret of the popularity and success of the 
war-time drive. 

We, all of us, were eager for an outlet for pent-up 
enthusiasm. The mass offering of subscriptions to a war 
fund was the natural opportunity for those who couldn't 
go to war. 

Another effect of the drive at the theater was the 
impetus it gave to collective effort for raising money. 
Clubs, fraternal orders, and various other organizations 
called meetings and assisted greatly in getting subscrip- 
tions from their members and also in arousing patriotism. 

The amounts subscribed at the theater each night far 
exceeded the hopes of the Committee, but the greatest 
result was the effect on the public. Immediately following 
the publishing of the results of the drive in the newspapers 
it seemed as though everybody in New Rochelle was talk- 
ing "Liberty Loan." 

As an awakener of interest it proved to be electrical in its 
effect. There was a tremendous latent interest in the suc- 
cess of the loan that needed but a spark to set it off. The 
drives at Loew's Theater furnished the spark. 

What at first was intended as a means of publicity soon 
became an important factor in the raising of money for 
war purposes. 

Excursions were taken by the Money Hounds to the 
Little Theater and other of the smaller movie houses 
between the drives at Loew's. At other times we at- 
tended meetings of various bodies in schools, churches, and 
meeting halls. In fact, we went to talk and drive for the 
Liberty Loan wherever we knew that a group of people 
were gathered. 

At the beginning of the third week of the Loan, when 
the drive at Loew's started, the total of subscriptions for 
the entire city amounted to only 1450,000. There was 



THE MONEY HOUNDS 157 

subscribed during the third week ^500,000, and during 
the fourth week nearly $1,200,000, making a total of 
$2,100,000, or more than double the quota. 

The total amount raised at Loew's Theater by the 
Money Hounds for the Third Loan was nearly $250,000. 

Immediately after the Third Liberty Loan the Money 
Hounds enlisted in the Second Red Cross Drive, which 
ran from May 20 to May 27, 191 8. 

By this time the Money Hounds had gained much from 
experience, and planned in advance some of the publicity 
features. In fact, throughout all the various war drives 
they were responsible for most of the "stunts" and plans 
to attract attention and money. They might be classed 
as the Promotion and Publicity Committee. 

Practically all of the most successful schemes were 
impromptu. 

An amusing circumstance took place on the last night 
of the Red Cross Drive, when we were scheduled to appear 
at Loew's. 

When we arrived there we realized that the people of New 
Rochelle had just gone through a very strenuous tag day 
and undoubtedly were entitled to a rest. We agreed that 
if the Red Cross treasury was to be swelled by contribu- 
tions from the Loew audience we couldn't get it by talking 
seriously. Remember that probably not a resident of 
New Rochelle had escaped the Red Cross taggers. Many 
had been tagged and retagged several times during the 
day, and were in no mood to be hounded for more Red 
Cross money. 

About five minutes before our appearance we proposed 
a plan for a foolish auction. After deciding on the auction 
we realized that we had nothing to sell. 

One of the stage hands was fondling a little pup. We 
borrowed the pup, and when our time came the pup was 



158 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

introduced as the original money hound and we asked for 
bids. In about three minutes the pup was knocked down 
for $50.00. The buyer was informed that it wasn't 
necessary for him to actually take possession of the pup, 
because the pup didn't belong to us. The buyer seemed 
much relieved, and paid the $50.00. Then a five-cent 
package of chewing gum and a perfectly sound rubber 
band were auctioned off for $6.00. A cigarette and two 
cigars brought $11.00. A quill toothpick, guaranteed 
new, in a sanitary paper envelope, brought $5.00. Small 
soda crackers brought $2.00 and $3.00 each. The auction 
was continued through the second performance, with 
everybody in good humor and the Red Cross treasury 
nearly |6oo richer for the evening's work. 

The Money Hounds were not actors. There was joy in 
the work and an earnestness that was reflected in every 
audience. Exhortation to buy bonds or to give money 
to a war work was equally successful on the audience and 
the exhorter. After every drive the Hounds found, just 
like many more people of New Rochelle, that they had 
subscribed from two to four times what in their calm 
moments they had set down as their "bit." I am not 
writing this in praise of the Money Hounds, but merely to 
show that they were not professional pleaders. Their 
arguments were as potent for themselves as for their 
audience. 

An illustration of the seriousness of the Money Hounds 
occurred during the Fifth or Victory Loan. 

The Liberty Loan Committee had sent a circular letter 
to all subscribers to the Third and Fourth Loans, urging 
them to buy bonds of the Victory Loan. 

Among the many answers received was one from a poor 
Italian, which stated that the writer had subscribed to the 
Third and Fourth Loans, but since then had lost his job 



THE MONEY HOUNDS 159 

through sickness. At the time of writing he was sick in 
bed and his wife and family were finding it difficult to 
make both ends meet. He had I67.84 in the National 
City Bank, which the Committee could have if the 
government needed it. 

It was a pathetic letter, and one of the Money Hounds 
seized it to read to the audience at a meeting to be held 
that night at the Salem Baptist Church, feeling that it 
would stir the audience and bring about a liberal response. 

He got up on the platform and after a few explanatory 
remarks he started to read the letter. About half way 
through he began to choke up. With great difficulty he 
read a few more words, and then turned his back to the 
audience and wept like a child. 

In attempting to tug the heartstrings of the audience, 
he tugged his own. 

During every campaign we made several trips to the 
Fourth Ward. Our Italian-born Americans were an 
inspiration. They were always responsive and seemed 
to enjoy our visits as heartily as we did. 

We talked to them sometimes in Columbus School, and 
at other times in churches. Usually entire families, in- 
cluding babies, would attend the meetings, especially on 
Sunday afternoons. 

At one meeting during the Fourth Loan, a smiling 
father bought a fifty-dollar bond for his five-year-old son, 
who was dressed in khaki. Quick to realize the value of 
this subscription, the Money Hounds hoisted the boy to 
the platform, and the audience was told of the kind of boy 
on exhibition — "a boy who owned a bond, who was made 
of the stuff that produced patriots and good American 
soldiers." The desired effect was realized. In three 
minutes a half dozen or more smiling parents brought 
their little children to the platform and bought for each of 



I60 NKW K()( IIKLLK: IIKU rAllT IN TllK CKKAI' WAK 

them a bond, and received tor each tlie plaudits of" the 
^h)^ey Hounds and the audience. 

On another occasion, at Cokuiilnis School, one t)t the 
Money Hounds set the amount to be raised at ;J^400o. 
The audience was quite small, and after I12500 was raised 
each additional hundred came only after much labor. 
When the total reached $3600 all but a few of the audience 
hatl gone home. Two of the Money Houiuls kept ear- 
nestly exhorting the handful of people to take ^50 each 
and make the f^ooOy until as one ot the 1 lounds later 
expressed it, "we got the 1^4000 by keeping at it until 
only two people and the chandeliers were left in the 
room." 

I hesitate to write the names of the men who bore the 
title of "Money llountls." Many men were associated 
with us in one or more of the campaigns, but those who 
took part in every campaign. Third Liberty Loan, Second 
Red Cross Fund, War Savings Stamp Drive, Fourth 
Liberty Loan, United War W'ork Campaign, Fifth Lib- 
erty Loan, besides a number of minor drives, such as the 
Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, Emergency War Stamp 
Drive, were the following: 



William Judson Clarke 
E. J. Cordial 
Sidney W. Goldsmith 
Charles B. Grimes 
E. Irving Hanson 
Frank J. Hermes 



Gray Miller 
William A. Moore 
W. G. C. Otto 
Albert Ritchie 
Clarence S. Shumway 
A. E. Thorn E 



The late Henry S. Clark was one of the original group. 
He was suffering from what proved to be his last illness. 
His strength was failing fast. Nothing but sheer will 
power kept him active in the work of the Money Hounds. 




The Fort Slocum Band 




The Scottish Bagpipe Band 



The Money Mounds \\ hose Cheertul Optimism Macle 1 .i'^lit I .abovious Days 






1. Frank Hermes 2. Sidney Goldsmith 3. Russell Young 4. A. E. Thorne 



JIIK .Mf>.\KV H0[ NDS l6l 

Several times he left a sick bed to do his part of the work. 
None of us realized how seriously ill he was. Finally he 
broke down and was confined to his bed almost con- 
tinuously until he passed away on April 9, 1919. All of 
us are proud to have been associated with him. He was 
a real hero. 

Some of the men who were connected with the Money 
Hounds at various times are: 

LeRov Frant? Charles F. Porter 

Jf.re Milleman Martin W. Tierney 

William L. Moran Russell A. Young 

New Rochelle in war time was typical of practically 
every American community. The change from peace- 
time habits to the necessity of war times did not come 
easily, nor did it come quickly. In peace times every- 
body more or less goes about his own business. Now and 
then we got together for a Fourth of July celebration, or 
a parade, or something of that sort, but most of us, prac- 
tically all of us, got together merely to look. Very few of 
us joined in to act. 

The war produced a thrill that was entirely new. In 
time there came a desire to give expression to this thrill, 
'f he first time we did it we hesitated and felt self-conscious. 
We looked at our neighbor at the right or left of us, and 
when we found that he too was giving voice to his enthusi- 
asm we gathered courage and lost self-consciousness. 
Patriotic ardor expands with the psychology of the crowd. 
A hurrah by an individual raises a laugh. A hurrah by 
the crowd is a chorus in which we join. 

The real thing accomplished by the Money Hounds was 
to give opportunity for the crowd to cheer and to demon- 
strate publicly their patriotism and enthusiasm. 



l62 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

During the war neighbors got to know each other for 
the first time. Wealthy men stood elbow to elbow with 
poor folks, doing their share of the work, and that work 
was inspired by the thought that the "stay-at-homes" 
in New Rochelle must do their best in backing up the New 
Rochelle boys over there. 

We can thank the war for inspiring the get-together 
spirit which won't soon be lost, we hope. 

We believe that we now have a town full of people who 
are thinking far less about themselves and far more about 
their duty to others. 

There is a new sense of comradeship between all classes. 

We can all find pride in the record of New Rochelle in 
various loans and war drives, not as a boast of what we of 
New Rochelle have done, — for the most we could do would 
be small indeed compared with what our men in the ser- 
vice were doing, — but we can feel pride in the thought that 
our people were heart and soul with our men at the front. 

If in this accomplishment the Money Hounds played a 
small part, I can say for them, with all earnestness, that 
we all found joy in the work and every one of us is thankful 
for having had the opportunity. 



THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN 
By William A. Moore, Chairman 

With the call for the Third Liberty Loan the country 
made its first real levy upon the financial resources of its 
individual citizens. The preceding loans had been floated 
through banking channels and the participation therein 
of the average investor had been negligible. The plan 
for the new campaign was as daring in its conception as it 
was comprehensive. Not only was the deep-lying vein 
of thrift in the American people to be tapped but their 
inherent propensity for speculation, heretofore monopo- 
lized by the mining and oil-stock promotor, was to be 
made to respond to the needs of the National Treasury. 
But all the wisdom and cunning of the advertising psy- 
chologists by whom the campaign was planned would have 
proved futile had not the national consciousness already 
been aroused to its peril by the irresistible rush of the vic- 
torious German drive that had started in March and was 
now at its flood tide. Those were the days before Cha- 
teau-Thierry and Belleau Wood, but the thousands of our 
boys from every city and countryside known to be waiting 
in France to take their place in line brought the war home 
to us all. 

The problem of the local chairman was to energize the 
earnest purpose, as yet without definite form, in his par- 
ticular community and to capitalize it in terms of the 
national loan. For this the stereotyped instructions of 

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l64 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

the Treasury Department furnished no ready solution. 
That responsibility rested with the chairman and his 
committee. Perhaps because of the inexperience of the 
chairman, much time was lost at the outset in groping 
about for an effective way to organize into action the 
inarticulate general desire. The first ray of light came 
with the acceptance by Mr. Frank J. Hermes of the Chair- 
manship of the Publicity Committee, and the second was 
when the "General Committee," named in the approved 
manner according to "The Book," turned out in strength 
at the organization meeting. Then it was that an inci- 
dent occurred which gave instant impetus to the whole 
movement. After the usual formalities had been disposed 
of, one of the committee's members, whose name was not 
at that time so familiar as it afterwards became as the 
head of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club, arose and touched a 
spark to the proceedings by proposing that a call be made 
for subscriptions from the committee members, putting 
the limit at ^50,000. His hearers were startled, for the 
proposal was a novel one for any New Rochelle committee 
up to that time. But before they had recovered, the 
tellers were on their rounds and when the subscriptions 
were canvassed it was found that some 146,000 had been 
taken by the committee. Compared with the more gen- 
erous records of like meetings in later campaigns this 
amount seems insignificant. But the campaign was yet 
cold and the spirit of giving and sacrifice was still in the 
making. It is sufficient to say that the meeting furnished 
ample material for Mr, Hermes and his Publicity Com- 
mittee. The next day the local press recorded the amaz- 
ing fact that $46,000 had been subscribed at a single 
meeting of the Third Liberty Loan Committee. New 
Rochelle was dazed to think that there was so much 
money in its midst. To be sure its quota was $977,700 



THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN 1 65 

and there was some distance yet to go between 146,000 
and this quota. But New Rochelle had further surprises 
in store for the days that followed. It didn't realize that 
it was being worked up to a high state of excitement; it 
didn't realize that it was Hermes who made New Rochelle 
feel that the success of the Liberty Loan depended upon 
its citizens stretching their cash and their credit to the 
very limit. In fact before Hermes and his Publicity 
Committee had finished the Third Liberty Loan Cam- 
paign, New Rochelle had conceived a civic consciousness, 
had come to feel that upon it rested the sole responsibility 
of carrying the burden of the Third Loan. But we are 
running ahead of our story. 

In the early days of the war in common with other 
communities, New Rochelle had organized its home guard 
under the name of the "Police Patrol." It had offered 
its services during the previous loan and now under the 
leadership of Charles F. Porter, Lyman F. Gray, Gray 
Miller, and Clarence S. Shumway, it began a canvass of 
the entire city. It would be difficult to exaggerate the 
credit to be given to the men of the Patrol, most of whom 
had already done a long and arduous day's work in New 
York under the strain of war conditions, but who now 
ungrudgingly sacrificed their only leisure to the task of 
persuading their fellow-citizens to buy bonds. For at the 
outset of this campaign it was not the pleasant duty that 
it afterwards became when we were all educated in the 
art of subscription making and in theory at least it was 
the canvasser's office merely to record the amount. It was 
monotonous work passing from door to door those raw 
spring nights. For a time progress was slow as the can- 
vasser had often to show his neighbor why he should buy 
a bond. Sometimes, too, it happened that the solicitor in 
uniform did not receive a warm welcome. For those were 



l66 NKW lUH'HKl.l.K: IIKK TAUr IN VUV (UIVW \\ \\i 

days when the success ot the AlUed cause was still in the 
bahmce and at times the intorniation wliich the cam asset" 
brought back was ot interest to the authorities, b.acli 
night Captain Gray and his assistants waited at head 
quarters, checking the reports ot the patrol captains and 
preparing the records tor the following day. Two weeks 
ot the campaign passed, and while the banks reflected 
some measure ot the work that was being done the quota 
tigures were still tar trom sight. rhe conuuittee itselt was 
not sure what was being accomplished. And the head ot 
the District Organization in New York began to be 
worried as New Rochelle's percentage rating continued 
low. Hartsdale and Hastings had asked for their quota 
tlag. What was the matter with New Rocheller 

But while the patrolmen are pacing their beats, let us 
turn in another direction. All maiuiers ot conuuittees 
were organized; the local merchants were given a turn, 
such matuitacturing plants as New Rochelle possesses 
were lined up by special committees, and most important 
ot all the schools with their disciplined organizations ot 
teachers, with whom the precept and practice ot pa- 
triotism was a daily routine, were called into service. 
Experiments in organization were tried in every direction 
to tind out just what would reach the heart and pocket- 
book of New Rochelle. h'inalh' an ingenious soul, claim- 
ing that if you appealed to an audience who had no 
avenue of escape you were bound to get results, proposed 
that the public be challenged face to tace at l.oew's 
Theater. Through the courtesy of the owners and with 
the cooperation of the manager, Mr. Bebb, the Publicity 
Committee, supported by K. Irving Hanson, Sidney Gold- 
smith, Clarence S. Shumway, and a detail of uniformed men 
in the Service from FortSlocum, waiting to go to France, 
appeared upon the stage one chosen evening. Albert 



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Ritchie, Prank J. iierrrics, Walter G. C. Otto, Edward J. 
Cordial, Sidney Perry, the late Henry S. Clark, and a half 
dozen other eloquent special pleaders appealed to the 
audience with every argument which their diversity of 
talent could command, while at every lull in the proceed- 
ings, Mr. Sh urn way lead the audience in rousing choruses 
of "Over There" and "Keep the Home Fires Burning." 
Perhaps we shouldn't have been surprised that the re- 
sponse was quick and generous. The first audience of the 
evening subscribed nearly ^20,000 and the second one 
a full 1 10,000 more. The Publicity Committee had a real 
record to publish the next day. People flocked to the 
theater to see how it was done and invited their neighbors 
in order to test their susceptibility. For ten consecutive 
nights Loew's Theater was the scene of an amateur en- 
tertainment which competed favorably with the films and 
certainly furnished a reaction from the latter. The ten 
evenings netted $194,000 from the theatre audiences, and 
the "Association of the Money Hounds" had become a 
permanent institution in New Rochelle. 

Meanwhile at about the close of the second week of the 
campaign the Young Men's Hebrew Association contri- 
buted an exceptional feature to the campaign by sub- 
scribing at a single meeting the sum of $20,000 followed 
by the Temple Israel under the leadership of Dr. Stern in a 
single evening with over $Ho,ooo more. By this time the 
interest in the campaign had developed to an amazing 
extent and there was a demand for a parade. This parade 
all centered about an offer by Commander Franklin of the 
Pelham' Bay Naval Encampment to the Chairman of a 
detachment of sailors and a band if he could manage to 
use them by a certain date. Having rashly accepted the 
offer it became necessary to organize a parade to accom- 
pany the naval detachment. As there were only three days 



I6S NEW lUH HKl.l.K: HKU rVllT IN THK (UiKAT WAK 

for this purpose the com in it tee worked under higli pres- 
sure. The response w:is spontaneous in every direction. 
Red Cross canteen workers, war and fraternal organiza- 
tions of every kind tell into line. The result was rhar on 
Saturday atternoon when the parade formed in front of 
the High School it showed few signs o\ the haste o( its 
organization and was consulered a credit to a in town of 
35,000 inhabitants. Hy the time it disbanded at Hudson 
Park fully hve thousand people had gathered. The 
Chairman's attention was early directed to the fact that 
every available point of vantage on the water front was 
black with small boys and some older ones, and even the 
tree-tops and roofs were generously sprinkled with mem- 
bers of the male population. This curious aligmnent oi 
the spectators became more intelligible later when he dis- 
covered that in the zeal of their enthusiasm the Publicity 
Committee had advertised that Hudson Park would be 
the scene of a terrible struggle that afteriuxm in which 
aeroplanes and submarines would participate, while land- 
ing parties would be repelled by Marine machine-gun 
detachments with an accompanying chorus of aerial 
torpedoes and depth bombs. The failure of the svdv 
marines to appear on the surface and the non-arri\-al of 
the aeroplanes, owing, it was said, to adverse winds, caused 
the Publicity Committee to discreetly retire from the 
scene at an early hour, leaving the Chairman with much 
to explain. The parade, however, was voted a grand 
success and served both to increase New Rochelle's pride 
in its achievements and create a craving for still greater 
wonders. 

The following Sunday night, April 28th, at a iKUable 
meeting held in Loew's Theater addressed by Captain 
Chute of the Canadian Field Artillery, a high note of 
patriotism was struck. From that hour New Rochelle 



THK TJHKf) IJHKK'f V LOAN 169 

began to subscribe to Liberty Bonds with a patriotic 
devotion compared with which ail other motives failed. 
The following Wednesday afternoon, May ist, the quota 
flag was raised in front of the City Hall and we were 
thrilled by our first sight of a U. S. Marine straight from the 
trenches. The campaign had now less than a week more 
to run, but New Rochelle had only just begun to react to 
the calls of the Police Patrol and the Publicity Committee. 
Kvery day the subscriptions turned into the local banks 
mounted into amazing figures. The school children and 
the Hoy Scouts under the incentive of a prize in the shape 
of a I50 bond were re-canvassing the field with the result 
that from these sources a total of over ^i 50,000 in addi- 
tional subscriptions was brought in during the last week 
of the campaign. When the final returns were tabulated 
at the banks it was found that the quota of $977,700 had 
been doubled by 6789 subscribers with a total of 
$2,100,000. 

Even at the risk of violating some propriety, the writer 
takes pleasure in acknowledging his deep personal in- 
debtedness to the Women's Committee, which by its 
support and cooperation contributed one of the most 
notable factors to the Campaign. By the appointment of 
Mrs. Lois C. Moore to head that Committee, the district 
authorities doubtless intended to avoid any question of 
conflict of authority as between the two local committees 
and in this the writer readily admits they succeeded. 

Loyally supported by Mrs. William M. Harding, who 
had headed the women during the previous loans, the new 
committee entered upon aggressive work. Selling booths 
were established in Ware's store and at the station, where 
members of the committee were in constant daily atten- 
dance. But the committee's special achievement and 
one which at the time attracted little attention was the 



lyo NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART 1\ THE GREAT WAR 

administrative charge which it took ot the committee 
headquarters. Women vokinteers turnished the entire 
clerical force for the headquarters staff, for which they 
established a complete business system, recording and 
tabulating the subscriptions, including accounting con- 
trol for the initial payments which were permitted to be 
received by canvassers during this loan. Subscriptions 
amounting to many hundreds of thousands of dollars 
passed through the headquarters records, and many thou- 
sands of dollars were handled by the volunteer workers 
under the direction of Mrs. Alice V. Cady without a single 
error. 

While the compass of this article will not permit a 
roster of the many workers whose loyal devotion and self 
sacrifice made the result possible there are two men to 
whom this campaign owes a peculiar obligation. It was 
Mr. A. E. Thorne who supported a high idealism with 
generous additions to New Rochelle's subscription lists 
from the interests which he represented, and it was Mr. 
Albert Ritchie who as Chairman of the Speakers' Com- 
mittee supplied the "4 Minute Men" and their allied re- 
cruits on every occasion at which the New Rochelle public 
assembled. 

The experience o( a local Chairman was one ol patriotic 
inspiration which the writer will not soon torget. Each 
day furnished incidents of absorbing human interest. 
While in its record the Third Loan did not reach the lofty 
aggregate of the later loan drives, it furnished the training 
school where these men and women who were to form the 
center of the subsequent war period activities learned to 
meet upon a common plane ot service. 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN 

By William S. Y^v.y.v.s,,. Chairman 

The story of the New Rochelle War Savings Campaign 
of 19 1 8, is not a record of that complete success which 
characterized every other war movement here. Every 
other campaign for the raising of funds went "over the 
top," ami in many instances, doubled its (.juota. In this 
respect, however. New Rochelle is in no worse plight than 
every other city in Westchester County, and indeed, nearly 
all the cities in the country. 

Many causes contributed to this result. An excessive 
quota was set by the government, — $2,000,000,000, for the 
country, $715,000 for New Rochelle, or $20 per capita of 
our population. Compared with the Liberty Loans, the 
amount does not seem large, extended over a period of a 
year, but it must be remembered that it had to be sold 
by the twenty-five cents' and five dollars' worth, and that 
the limit which might be sold to any one person, was $1000. 

The class of our people able to take the limit, neglected 
or refused to give the campaign the support essential to 
success. It was apparent at the outset that success would 
have to be accomplished on something more than a twenty- 
five-cent or even a five-dollar basis. The failure of some 
to take any of the stamps, and of many more to take their 
allotment, would have to be met by those who were able 
to take large amounts, from $250 to $icoo. But most of 

171 



IJ2 XE>Y ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

the latter held the stamps in utter detestation; considered 
them an inconvenient and annoying nuisance, not a liquid 
investment Hke a Liberty Bond, and not meant for them, 
but only for those who could not afford Liberty Bonds, 
and maintained that their support of the government was 
best expressed by the purchase of as large an amount 
of the latter as they could afford. Thar this attitude 
was general, appears from the fact that notwithstanding 
strenuous work the campaign closed with a limit club 
membership of but sixty-two. 

Again, the campaign could not well be very spectacular, 
or carry much to arouse enthusiasm to a high pitch, except 
among the school children, boy scouts, and similar organi- 
zations. Grown-ups are not inclined to very wild excite- 
ment over what was dubbed by some of our workers a 
"twenty-five-cent proposition," or even five-dollar sales 
with a thousand-dollar limit extremely scarce; certainly, 
not throughout a year's campaign. It is one thing to have 
a two or three weeks' campaign for selling liberty bonds or 
raising tunds for the Red Cross with a rush. Enthusiasm 
can be aroused and held to the end. It is a far different 
matter to create and re-create and sustain such enthusiasm 
throughout an entire year in the purchase and sale of 
twenty-five-cent and five-dollar stamps. 

The War Savings campaign was constantly side-tracked 
to make way for other drives, so that it was difficult to 
obtain and hold a sufficient force of workers in the field, 
and the work often lagged. The W. S. S. campaign had 
the entire year to make its quota while other campaigns 
were of brief duration, usually two or three weeks. Con- 
sidering, therefore, the vast amount of other war work 
constantly undertaken and achieved during the year, it is 
not surprising that the W. S. S. campaign was often put 
aside for work deemed of more immediate importance. 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN I73 

There is also, of course, a limit to human endurance. 
Losses which ensued in the handling of the stamps, in- 
creased the difficulty of securing workers. The total losses 
can never be known, but they are known to be very 
large. 

The sale of $50 Liberty Bonds in installments cut deeply 
into our sales of stamps to those who might otherwise have 
purchased a considerable amount. 

Notwithstanding advertisements, news articles, and 
circulars urging purchases in New Rochelle, a large amount 
of purchases were made by New Rochelle residents in 
New York City. 

The signing of the armistice in November swept away 
all enthusiasm for war savings at a most critical time, when 
it was essential to success that it be aroused to its highest 
pitch. But as the story will show, wonders were accom- 
plished in those closing days. 

All these and many other circumstances added little 
to the joy of the workers in the campaign, and there was 
always a small but faithful and loyal band, who stood by 
the work, grinding away to the end. With the aid of an 
emergency committee directed by the chairman of the 
Fourth Liberty Loan Committee organized in November, 
New Rochelle succeeded in selling $586,220 or 82% of her 
quota and took second place among the cities of the 
county. 

Looking at the campaign in some detail, the record 
would be incomplete without some reference to the nature 
and purpose of the movement, although it is, 1 believe, very 
familiar to all our people. 

War savings and thrift stamps were issued by the 
government in December, 1917. The former were pur- 
chasable at I4.12 in December, 1917, and January, 1918, 
and at one cent additional each subsequent month to and 



174 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART I\ THE GREAT WAR 

including December, 191 8, when their sale closed. They 
were to be attached as purchased to a folder known as a 
war savings certificate, and matured at I5 face value 
January i, 1923, netting 4% interest compounded quar- 
terly. Only $1000, maturity value, might be held by any 
one person, and they were not transferable. The thrift 
stamps were twenty-five cents each, and sixteen of them 
attached to a thrift card with the additional amount 
necessary to make up the price of a war savings stamp for 
the current month, were exchangeable for one of the 
latter. The purpose of the movement was to encourage 
thrift as a war measure, so that what might otherwise be 
expended tor non-essentials, would be saved and loaned 
to the government, and services and materials released 
for the use of the army and navy. 

There was little activity in December and January 
except in the schools where they were first introduced and 
obtained a secure footing. No local chairman was ap- 
pointed until January 26, 1918, and the organization of a 
local committee to direct the work consumed until the 
middle of February. Through the courtesy of Supreme 
Court Justice J. Addison Young, headquarters were, 
however, immediately established at his chambers in the 
New Rochelle Trust Company Building on Main Street, 
and remained the permanent headquarters throughout 
the campaign. Different branches of the work were also 
opened just as soon as a directing head of each branch 
was appointed, so that no unnecessary time was lost. 
The New Rochelle Committee as originally organized 
consisted of the following: Chairman, William S. Beers; 
Vice-Chairman, Harry E. Colwell; Secretary, Joseph T. 
Brown; Chairman First Ward, Albert Ritchie; Second 
Ward, G. Henry IMahlstedt; Third Ward, Louis R. Smith; 
Fourth Ward, Richard Leo Fallon; Sales Manager, 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN 175 

Edward Carson; Advertising Manager, Sidney W. Gold- 
smith; Church and Sunday School Manager, Charles J. 
Dunlap; School Manager, Albert Leonard; Women's 
Organization Manager, Mrs. Harry O. Riggs; Men's Or- 
ganization Manager, Benjamin B. Badeau; Industrial 
and Mercantile Organization Manager, Russell A. Young; 
Publicity Manager, Edson S. Lott; Press Committee, T. 
W. Greenslitt, Henry Sweet, and R. L. Forbes. Mrs. 
Riggs resigned to take up other war work and the post 
remained vacant until undertaken by Mrs. A. C. Stegman. 
Louis R. Smith also resigned and Martin J. Tierney was 
subsequently appointed. 

The first departments created were those of sales and 
advertising, and within a short time, and even before the 
complete organization of the committee, over three hun- 
dred ahd fifty sales agencies had been established by the 
Sales Manager throughout the city. Nearly every mer- 
chant agreed to handle the stamps. At every school, the 
public library, and indeed, wherever it was thought people 
were likely to come, an agency for the sale of stamps was 
established. 

At the same time the Advertising Manager secured, 
from numerous merchants and others, contributions of 
space in the newspapers for advertising the stamps, and the 
press cooperated heartily by the publication of numerous 
news articles. A large quantity of circulars and other 
literature describing the stamps, the purpose of their issue, 
and urging their purchase were sent out. Beautiful post- 
ers were distributed throughout the city, and appeared 
in the shop windows and other places, and wide publicity 
was given to the movement. But the people were some- 
what slow to realize its real significance or to appreciate 
its necessity. The greatest amount of activity existed 
in the schools, where splendid work was done in keeping 



176 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART I\ THE GREAT WAR 

the idea of war savings constantly before the pupils that 
it might go thence into the home. 

As an incentive to continued activity in the schools, 
what was known as the 100% certificate was awarded to 
each class where the teacher and all pupils owned stamps. 
This plan worked well, and before the close of the school 
year in June most of the classes in the schools were the 
possessors of these certificates, which were framed and 
hung in the class room, and in which great pride was taken. 
In some of the schools every class obtained one of these 
certificates. 

All this work was reflected in the sales. In January with 
practically no organization except that of the schools, 
they amounted to $10,173.50; in February. $17,368; in 
March, $21,715; in April, $34,667. But although sales had 
greatly increased, they were far from adequate, for the 
committee had realized at the outset that an average of 
approximately $60,000 a month was requisite to assure 
our quota, and that that average ought to be reached in 
the first six or seven months, while less than 12% had been 
sold in the first four months. Every plan suggested from 
headquarters, or any that the workers could devise that 
seemed at all worth while, was tried, but with indifferent 
success. Most of the banks and corporations were in- 
duced to authorize payment of their directors' fees in 
stamps. They also sent out at the request of the com- 
mittee franked postcards furnished them urging the 
holders of Liberty Bonds to take payment of their cou- 
pons in stamps. This scheme proved the most successful, 
the banks reporting that a large number ot coupons were 
thus converted. A sign was also furnished the merchants 
and conspicuously displayed by them, urging their cus- 
tomers to take change in thrift stamps. Numerous bridge 
parties were held at which prizes in stamps were given. 





Harry H. Archibald 



Joseph Zauner 





George Fanelli George Ferrara 

Two Men who Did Wonderful Work in the W^est 



War Savings Stamp Campaign 





Wm. S Beers, Chairman 2. Edward Carson, Sales Manager 

3. Edwin J. Reynolds, Jr. 4. J. Albert Mahlstedt 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN 1 77 

The Wykagyl Country Club cooperated in a similar way, 
besides having the stamps on sale. A cup was donated by 
some of the merchants to be awarded each month to the 
merchant showing the largest sales. This was not very 
successful as it was not participated in except by a few 
of the larger merchants. 

The plan of organizing war savings societies or clubs, 
urged by headquarters, was also attempted, and a number 
of such societies was formed among the fraternal organi- 
zations, large industrial plants and stores, various city 
departments, etc. The feature of this plan was that each 
member pledged himself to thrift and economy and the 
investment of savings in W. S. S. as well as their sale. 
The Board of Estimate cooperated by providing each city 
department with a small fund for the purchase of stamps, 
so that they might be kept on sale. The most successful 
of these organizations was the Police Department which 
obtained splendid results, their sales for the year amount- 
ing to approximately $85,000. 

March 17th was designated War Savings Sunday, and 
all the clergy united on that day in presenting the subject 
of war savings most forcibly to their congregations. 
Pledge cards were distributed and several war savings 
societies were organized. 

All this time the Four Minute men were cooperating by 
frequently speaking in the theaters, schools, and public 
gatherings, urging the support of our campaign. The Boy 
Scouts were also active, and rendered untiring service in 
the cause. 

The Committee planned to have a house to house can- 
vass of the entire city for the sale of stamps, and it was 
for this purpose that the ward chairmen were appointed. 
It was to be their work to organize canvassing teams in 
every election district. The canvass was to be made with 



178 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

the use of a blue postcard furnished by the government 
upon which the order for stamps was made and signed by 
the purchaser, endorsed by the canvasser, and mailed to the 
postoffice. The letter carrier filled the order by delivery 
to the purchaser. With these cards it was unnecessary to 
purchase stamps for the canvassers, and no outlay of 
money was required. This canvass, however, was found 
impracticable. Canvassers in sufficient numbers could 
not be secured, and those who attempted it met with 
many rebuff's, and little encouragement. Many who 
might have purchased the stamps if at hand, refused to 
sign the cards. The postcard scheme had seemed good, 
as it involved no outlay of money nor handling of the 
stamps, but it was of so little value that less than two 
hundred of these cards were returned to the chairman 
from the postoffice after filling the orders during the entire 
year. The Committee made the discovery that the way 
to sell stamps, was to sell them, and that the successful 
salesman must be able to "produce the goods." 

At the local option election held in New Rochelle in the 
spring of 191 8, approximately |i2oo in stamps was sold 
bv teams of young women and members of the Fire 
Department. 

Booths were placed by the Committee in the railroad 
stations in April, and teams of girls and young women were 
organized. The aid of some of the soldiers from Fort 
Slocum was secured and a highly successful selling cam- 
paign was waged, averaging from $1500 to $2cco a week. 
These booths were continued as long as workers could be 
obtained, and that at the main station for substantially 
the remainder of the year. 

By this time it was believed that W. S. S. had been well 
advertised and were understood by most of the people. 
The sales for May during the progress of the Third Liberty 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN I79 

Loan were $35,127, bringing the total to June ist to I119- 
050. In spite of all the hard work, only one sixth of the 
allotment had been sold in five months. Realizing that 
average sales for the remaining seven months must equal 
$85,000 to achieve success, the Committee felt somewhat 
desperate, and laid plans for complete reorganization. 
While these were in progress, the Pledge Campaign was 
put forward by State and National headquarters. The 
week of June 22d-28th was designated for an intensive 
drive for pledges for the remainder of the year. The plan 
was most elaborate and aroused opposition in some 
quarters. 

A statement was issued by the President designating 
June 28th as National War Savings Day, and urging all 
the people of the country to pledge themselves on or before 
that day to war savings. A proclamation was issued by 
the Governor setting aside "June 28th between noon and 
ten P.M. as a time when all adult citizens, primarily heads 
of households, shall appear in person or by proxy of a 
previously signed war savings pledge card, at the nearest 
schoolhouse or other designated place of registration, to 
register pledges to save and economize and help win the 
war, and as a minimum fulfillment of such pledge to invest 
in a specified amount of war savings certificates during 
the remaining months of 191 8." 

This was followed by a similar proclamation by the 
Mayor. The plan involved a house to house canvass to 
obtain pledges. Pledge cards were provided for the pur- 
pose to be signed by the pledger and filled out so as to 
specify the amount already owned, and the amount agreed 
to be pledged. There was also what was known as a refusal 
card. Upon these were taken the names of those refusing 
to pledge with their reasons for such refusal. A coupon 
containing the Governor's proclamation was then detached 



I80 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

and handed them, so that a further opportunity might be 
afforded them to register their pledges on Registration 
Day. These refusal cards were to be forwarded to the 
County Chairman, and it was his duty to investigate and 
determine whether the reason for the refusal was justified, 
and if not, he was required to make out and forward to the 
State Director a yellow card showing the reasons given by 
the person refusing, and the real reason in the opinion of 
the chairman, together with the address, occupation, 
parentage, and citizenship, and signed by the County 
Chairman in person. It was stated in a circular letter 
from the State Director to the County Chairman, copies 
of which were furnished the local chairman: "The accusa- 
tion of being a slacker or pro-German is a serious one. We 
are of the opinion, however, that when the evidence 
warrants it, this accusation should be made." It was this 
feature of the plan, together with the somewhat peremp- 
tory tone of the proclamations, that aroused the ire of 
some of our citizens. It was deemed by them threatening 
and coercive. A notice of the canvass and registration 
sent to every household was also resented by some for its 
peremptory tone because it notified "all adults" of the 
designation of the registration day, and "instructed" 
them to appear and enroll on that day as a regular pur- 
chaser of war savings stamps. One irate citizen wrote a 
letter to the New York Sun severely criticizing the com- 
mittee for this action, in language none too choice, but 
without the courage to sign more than his initials. 

Whether all this opposition and criticism was or was 
not justified, it is not the purpose of this article to deter- 
mine. Its purpose is to record the history of this cam- 
paign, stating the facts as they occurred, and leaving the 
conclusion to be drawn to individual judgment. 

It should be observed, however, that this feeling was by 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN l8l 

no means universal. Indeed, it was said to be held by 
comparatively few. It was urged, on the other hand, that 
it was essential that the government learn who held war 
savings stamps, and who did not, and why not, and that 
if in the process of obtaining or attempting to obtain this 
information, it uncovered a slacker or pro-German, it was 
by no means an evil thing. It is also worth noting, that 
during the ensuing canvass, scarcely any friction arose, 
and but 165 refusal cards were returned, and only eleven 
of these disclosed opposition. Most of them stated they 
were buying and would continue, but did not like to pledge 
a definite amount, and a few that they could afford no 
more. Nevertheless, this plan of campaign was furnished 
to the local chairman with instructions to carry it out in 
its essential features. 

At the suggestion of county headquarters, a new com- 
mittee was formed with the Mayor as honorary chairman, 
the local director acting as campaign manager. That 
committee was appointed by the Mayor, and in order to 
cover every phase of our city life, and especially to enlist 
the services of all known war workers, approximately 
five hundred of our leading citizens were named on the 
committee. The directing heads of this organization were 
as follows: Frederick H. Waldorf, Mayor, Chairman; 
Richard Leo Fallon, Secretary; Frank Hermes, Chairman 
Committee on Publicity; Albert Ritchie Chairman 
Speakers' Committee; Edward Carson, Chairman Parade 
Committee; Gregory Dillon, Chairman Credit Committee; 
William A. Moore, Chairman Registration Committee; 
L. F. Gray, Director of Canvass. 

A Women's Committee was also appointed of the 
following: Mrs. Arthur Garfield Hays, Chairman; Mrs. 
George W. Tower, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. Bedros Kazan- 
iian; Mrs. Harry Denmead;JMrs. Walter G. C. Otto; Mrs. 



1 82 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Montague Glass; Mrs. William M. Harding; Mrs. F. E. 
Winter; Mrs. Arthur V. A. McHarg; Mrs. Herman de 
Wetter; Mrs. Edward Carson; Mrs. George C. Cannon; 
Mrs. H, G. B. Dayrell; Mrs. Charles S. Porter; Mrs. 
William S. Beers; Mrs. Edmund Levine; Mrs. W^illiam D. 
Kershaw; Mrs. S. F. Douglas; Mrs. E. A. Wright; Mrs. 
S. H. Dolan, and Mrs. Albert Ritchie. 

A meeting for the organization of the Pledge Campaign 
Committee was called for, June 19th, at the Relief Engine 
Company's rooms at Fire Headquarters on Church Street. 
The unique character of the plan of campaign had evi- 
dently been well advertised and brought out a very large 
attendance. The meeting had not been long under way 
before the storm broke upon a motion to abandon what 
was termed the "yellow card" feature of the plan of cam- 
paign. The Mayor was late in arriving at the meeting, 
and the local director acted as chairman of the meeting 
during all of the ensuing discussion. Well knowing that 
it was not within the power of the local campaign com- 
mittee to abandon any essential feature of the plan of 
campaign, and that any action that might be taken in 
that direction would be nugatory, he permitted the dis- 
cussion to continue, believing it wiser that the subject 
should be fully presented and the members of the com- 
mittee allowed to voice their approval or opposition. De- 
bate was finally cut off, however, by a point of order raised 
by a member of this want of power in the committee, 
which the chairman promptly sustained. 

The Mayor then arrived and took charge of the meeting 
and addressed the members urging their cooperation and 
support in the campaign. Mr. Reginald P. Ray. the 
County Director, attended, also addressed the meeting and 
answered numerous questions put by members, explain- 
ing some of the features of the plan. Great interest was 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN 183 

displayed. Campaign headquarters were at once estab- 
lished at 54 Lawton St. and the work got under way. 

The publicity of the campaign was admirably handled 
by those in charge of that branch of the work. The city 
was covered with posters; the campaign was extensively 
advertised in the newspapers which also contained many 
news articles daily urging support of the movement. In 
addition to the advertising by the committee, a large 
amount of space was contributed by merchants and public- 
spirited citizens; vast quantities of cards and circulars 
were distributed, much of this being done by the letter 
carriers who worked hard for the success of the campaign; 
in fact, the publicity committee used every possible means 
of bringing home to our citizens the vital importance and 
necessity of the campaign as an aid to winning the war. 

The campaign opened on Saturday, June 22d, with a 
parade organized by the parade committee, which con- 
tained many unique features. The Fort Slocum band and 
a platoon of infantry from the Fort took part; there was 
also a division of school children headed by the Junior 
Naval Reserve Fife and Drum Corps; the Red Cross and 
Boy Scouts participated; Uncle Sam was on hand, as was 
also a junior Uncle Sam among the school children, with 
"Old Glory" and "Miss Liberty " impersonated by young 
girls. Many handsomely decorated automobiles and 
floats appeared, and at the end of the parade was a dilapi- 
dated car from which engine parts dropped every few feet, 
which were collected by a boy and thrown into a car behind 
bearing the sign "Junk." The dilapidated car bore the 
legend "Example of Lack of Thrift" and many other 
amusing signs. 

The Speakers' Committee covered every possible gather- 
ing, as well as speaking on the street corners. The Four 
Minute men were also active. The clergy supported the 



l84 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

campaign from the pulpit, and on Sunday, June 23d, a 
rousing public meeting was held at Loew's Theater, the use 
of which had been generously donated by the management. 
There was, therefore, no lack of publicity, and it is 
doubted if before the campaign ended, any one in New 
Rochelle failed to understand war savings stamps and 
their purpose. Indeed such wide publicity was obtained 
that many came to headquarters and signed pledge cards 
without awaiting the call of a canvasser, and a large num- 
ber registered at the various polling places which were 
designated as places of registration on June 28th. 

The main feature of the campaign, the house-to-house 
canvass was made by the Police Auxiliary, under the 
general direction of Captain Lyman H. Gray, Director of 
the Canvass. The captains in charge of the various posts 
were Post i. Captain George A. Fisher; Post 3, Captain 
Charles M. Reed; Post 4, Captain F. L. Beeton; Post 5, 
Captain E. P. Cunningham; Post 6, Captain R. R. Coats; 
Post 7, Lieutenant Thomas D. Scoble; Post 10, Captain 
Anderson Waydell; Post 11, Captain H. W. Haight; Zone 
I, Captain Harry J. Schley; Zone 2, Captain E. J. Cordial. 
The single week allotted to conducting a canvass of 
this character was entirely too brief a period and although 
the Police Auxiliary worked heroically, it was found im- 
possible to complete it entirely in some of the districts. 
The same situation prevailed in other localities, and state 
and county headquarters extended the time for the can- 
vass another week, but although considerable work was 
done in the ensuing week, the canvass practically ended 
on June 28th. 5030 pledge cards were obtained, covering 
10,500 persons. The amount pledged with that already 
purchased and held, brought the total up to ^542,056, 
76% of the quota, and put New Rochelle in second place 
among the cities of the county. 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN 185 

During this campaign a limit club was formed, consisting 
of all who pledged or held |iooo W. S. S. A small bronze 
button was given to all who pledged the limit. There were 
also appropriate buttons for holders of ^100, $2^0, and 
$500 W. S. S. Strenuous work was performed by a Special 
Committee headed by Councilman Harry R. Childs, in an 
attempt to secure members of the Limit Club. Special 
posters were distributed; it was advertised in the press, 
and individual letters were sent out, but at the end of the 
campaign the Limit Club numbered but sixty. 

Advantage was taken of the publicity given to W. S. S. 
by the pledge campaign, of the opportunity to conduct an 
intensive sales drive. To the Women's Committee this 
task was assigned, and splendid results were accomplished. 
Booths donated by the Red Cross were decorated with 
War Savings posters, and placed at advantageous points. 
Stamps were furnished by the banks on receipts of mem- 
bers of the Committee, and a most vigorous selling cam- 
paign conducted on the streets, at Loew's Theater, and 
other places. If any citizen of New Rochelle escaped 
solicitation to purchase W. S. S., he must have hidden 
himself in the cellar of his home during that week. The 
sales for the month of June aggregated $98,921, and more 
than $75,000 of this amount were sold by the workers 
during that last week. The captains of the selling teams 
were: Mrs. William Oakley Raymond; Mrs. Elsie Lang- 
ford; Mrs. F. DriscoU; Miss Edna Sondheim; Mrs. J. 
Hahlo; Mrs. Harry R. Denmead; Mrs. F. E. W^inter; Mrs. 
A. V. A. McHarg; Miss A. Van Benschoten, and Mrs. 
Edward Carson. 

The drive at the theater was conducted by the "money 
hounds" under the direction of ex-Mayor Henry S. Clarke, 
the women's team, being directed by Mrs. William O. 
Raymond. 



l86 NKW 1U)( IIELLE: HER PAllT IN THE CHEAT ^^A1{ 

Notwithstanding some disappointniciit at the failure to 
pledg;e and sell the entire quota, the committee felt some- 
what encouraged by the result ot the pledge campaign. 
New RcK'helle was in practically the same situation as the 
other cities of the covmry, and, indeed, ot the state and 
country. None had ^'hxlgetl or sold their entire ijuota. 
They felt that a great deal had been accomplished. They 
at least knew in some degree where they stood, and telt 
that with vigorous work success was in sight. It never 
reallv was but "hope springs eternal in the human breast" 
and they never lost heart. Indeed many of the workers on 
the Campaign Committee assured the local chairman that 
in their opinion, there would be no difHculr> in securing 
the quota before the end ot the year. 

During the remainder ot July a caretul analysis of the 
pledge cards was made, as well as ot the tew retusal cards 
(less than loo), and disclosed the curious feature running 
throughout the list, with of course, notable exceptions, of 
large pledges where but small ones might reasonably ha\e 
been expected, and small ones where there was good reason 
to hope for large ones. It was theretore belie\ ed that 
with a little vigorous missionar)' work among the latter 
class, this discrepancy might be corrected betore the end 
of the campaign, and if so, success seemed assured. On 
the whole, therefore, the situation was far from hopeless. 
The event, however, proved this judgment accurate only 
to a limited extent. Many ot the smaller subscribers 
purchased stamps far in excess ot their pledges, but the 
movement in this direction was not tar reaching enough 
to overcome the shnnp later caused by the signing of the 
armistice. 

The only tollow-iqi campaign tound possible was 
through circulars and cards delivered by the letter carriers, 
and newspaper articles urging the redemption ot pledges. 



THE WAR SAVINCJS STAMP CAMl'AKJN I 87 

Sales were continued whenever and wherever possible, at 
the station booth and elsewhere, in the schools, and some- 
times on the streets. Tt was somewhat difficult to obtain 
a sufficient corps of workers, and often opportunities were 
lost for this reason; but such organization as could be held 
together kept pegging away, on the theory that every 
stamp sold, if only a twenty-five cent thrift stamp, brought 
us that much nearer our goal. 

The July sales were $71,058.50. In August, they fell to 
$44,141.50. September showed $48,727, and October 
$44,285. During some of this period the influenza epi- 
demic was rampant, and the schools were closed, and many 
were ill. The Fourth Liberty Loan came on in October 
and was followed by the United War Work drive. 

\n the fall the National War Savings Committee was 
dissolved and an alliance was perfected between the War 
Savings and Liberty Loan organizations, both being 
brought under one directing head. The state, county, and 
local organizations, however, remained as before. The 
object of this scheme was a closer cooperation between the 
two organizations. 

The local organization in New Rochelle had, to a con- 
siderable extent, disintegrated, and the work was being 
conducted with such workers as could from time to time 
be pressed into service. It seemed to the local director 
and to those of the committee with whom he conferred 
that the time had arrived when help must be obtained 
from those who were able, by large purchases, to put the 
campaign on its feet. Barely 60% of the quota had been 
sold on November ist — $426,184, and $288,816 was neces- 
sary to fill the allotment. The aversion of what may be 
termed the limit class was already well understood and 
on October 25th the chairman had written the County 
Director: 



l88 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT AVAR 

"It seems to me that unless Washington gets behind 
the W. S. S., and especially the Limit Club feature of it, 
good and hard, it is doomed to failure. It is, as you are 
probably aware, treated by most men of means with 
indifference or as a joke, and quite frequently with 
positive aversion. 

"Washington devised the plan and fixed a tremendous 
quota for the country for what is treated as a twenty- 
five-cent proposition or a kid's job, by those who alone 
are able to make it a Siooo enterprise and a man's work. 
I think, therefore, Washington should begin to treat the 
matter seriously, not by letters and appeals published 
in the newspapers or put in posters and circulars, but by 
conveying to men of large financial ability and influence 
a distinct intimation that however much they may dis- 
approve of theWarSavings movement, except as applied 
to those unable to afford Liberty Bonds, it expects them 
to take a hand in the W. S. S. game and prevent its 
failure. 

"The appeals of local members and workers to this 
class fall on deaf ears. When we urge them through 
patriotism and local pride to do the obvious and easy 
thing for them to do to insure success and put New 
Rochelle ' 'over the top," they reply that it can make no 
difference to Washington whether they loan their money 
to the government through Liberty Bonds or War Sav- 
ings Stamps, and that they prefer the former and do not 
want to be bothered with the stamps and certificates 
which are a bulky nuisance; that New Rochelle is in no 
worse situation than other similar communities; that 
the same lack of interest exists generally throughout 
the country, and that Washington did not treat the 
movement very seriously and does not expect the 
country to 'realize the $2,ooo,ooo,oco, quota. 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN 1 89 

" This is what we are all fighting, and it is, and will re- 
main, a hopeless fight unless Washington either changes 
this alleged attitude or demonstrates clearly and un- 
mistakably with all its strength and influence both to 
the public generally and specifically in a way not to be 
ignored, to the financially powerful, but indifferent, that 
it does consider the War Savings movement a serious 
war work applicable to rich and poor alike, and that it 
expects their aid in making it a success. 

"I may be wrong in these conclusions, but the efi^orts 
of our organization toward increasing membership in the 
Limit Club and the sale of large amounts of W. S. S. 
disclose that the attitude above outlined is not confined 
to a few isolated instances but is widespread." 

This letter best expresses the views held by the chairman 
and those with whom he conferred. It was not intended 
as mere criticism, but to point out an apparent defect, 
which it was believed should be cured, if the government 
expected a successful result. 

About November ist, the committee secured the ser- 
vices of several soldiers from Fort Slocum who worked the 
remainder of the year and proved excellent salesmen, 
averaging ^2000 a day. 

A sales drive on election day principally by pupils of 
the high school, realized I850. 

After the close of the Fourth Liberty Loan, the chairman 
of that committee was requested to organize a special War 
Savings committee to go after "big game," that is limit 
men and large purchasers. He presented the subject to his 
executive committee, and after discussion, their judgment 
was that it would be impossible to interest enough large 
purchasers to make up the quota, but that an intensive 
selling campaign conducted by the schools would be the 



IQO NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

best way to handle it. In conference with the local W. S. S. 
chairman, he suggested the formation of a special com- 
mittee to be known as the "New Rochelle War Savings 
Emergency Committee" to conduct the work to the close 
of the campaign in cooperation with the chairman, and 
endeavor to put New Rochelle "over the top." The 
following Committee was then organized for that purpose; 
Gray Miller, Chairman; George G. Raymond; Tilman B. 
Johnson; E, Irving Hanson; Edward Carson; Frank 
Hermes; Albert Ritchie; Russell A. Young; Sidney W. 
Goldsmith; R. R. Rennie; Richard Leo Fallon; Harvey 
Miller; Leroy Frantz. 

Work was started at once about the middle of November. 
A letter was issued and distributed urging redemption of 
pledges and additional purchases. The subject was pre- 
sented to the Board of Education and to Dr. Leonard, 
Superintendent of Schools. It was then brought before a 
teachers' meeting held in the High School, and a selling 
campaign was undertaken by the schools. Teachers and 
scholars made the sale of stamps their main occupation, 
and some school work as an incident from then to the 
Christmas holiday recess. 

Thanksgiving week was designated by Headquarters as 
"Pershing Week," and what were known as Victory Post 
Cards were distributed by the letter carriers and the pupils 
in the schools. These were to be signed by purchasers of 
WarSavingsStampsduring that week, and the names listed 
and sent to General Pershing in France. This brought 
help in some measure, but as the war was then ended, not 
to the extent that might have resulted had it come earlier. 
An intensive selling campaign on the streets was also 
conducted during that week by the students of the College 
of New Rochelle whose fine work made a further substan- 
tial addition to the sales. 



THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP CAMPAIGN I91 

The Merchants Exchange cooperated in the work, and 
many merchants advertised the giving of a number of 
thrift stamps for the prompt payment of bills. 

November closed with a substantial addition to the 
sales, $79,325 being realized, an aggregate of 1505,510. 
But |2 1 0,000 remained to be realized through December. 
Although teachers and pupils had worked unceasingly at 
the sale of stamps, besides performing other work in the 
campaign in sending out circulars and letters, it became 
apparent that other methods must be tried. The Emer- 
gency Committee, while still urging on the work of the 
schools, sent out a vast number of individual letters to 
prospective Limit Club members and others whom it was 
believed would take large amounts; each member of the 
committee went after a number of such prospects; an 
Eleventh Hour Club of $500 members was formed. The 
local press continuously urged on the campaign, and the 
teachers and pupils of the schools made a splendid fight 
for success; in fact, an obstinate, dogged, persistent battle 
was fought right to the end, and the year closed with 
December sales of $80,710, and an aggregate for the year 
of $586,220, — 82% of the quota, the second city in the 
county. 

New Rochelle obtained one special honor. The Quaker 
Ridge School secured one of the honor flags awarded by 
the County Committee for the highest per capita owner- 
ship of W. S. S. in its class in the county, $305, and the 
flag was presented to the school early in the following year. 

Such is the story of the War Savings campaign in New 
Rochelle, and the story is much the same in other cities. 
The causes which prevented complete success are apparent. 
They may be summed up, however, in the observation 
that the whole plan of the National War Savings move- 
ment was an attempt to achieve a man's work and results 



U)2 NKW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

troni what was bound to be considered a boy's job. New 
Rochelle has reason, if not to feel proud of the result, at 
least that she has suffered no humiliation. The seed sown 
during this campaign must ev^entually yield some fruit 
beyond the mere raising of funds for the war. It is in- 
credible that all the hard work performed in preaching 
thrift, economy, and savings can have failed to leave some 
impress upon the habits of our people. The workers may 
therefore well feel that their labor and anxiety was not 
entirely in vain, but was at least, worth while. 




The French Delegation at the City Hall 





E. J. Cordial 



Jere Milleman 




1 . George L. Cade 2. 

3. Harry Childs 4. 



Howard M. Miller 
Clarence S. Shumway 



UNITED WAR WORK FUND CAMPAIGN 

By William Judson Clark, Chairman 

The United War Work Campaign followed closely upon 
the finish of the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive. 

The public press throughout the country, late in Octo- 
ber, announced the drive for the seven great allied war 
charities, asking for the sum of 1^170,500,000, of which New 
Rochelle's quota was fixed, as in the Red Cross Drive, at 
$50,000. This amount was to be applicable to the needs 
of the organizations for the period beginning October i, 
1 91 8, and the period of the drive was to be from November 
nth to 1 8th inclusive, with installment payments on 
pledges as follows: 

First payment — December 2, 191 8 — 50% 
Second payment — January 15, 1919 — 25% 
Third payment — March 15, 1919 — 25% 

The amount collected to be distributed as follows: 

National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. . 58.65% 
War Work Council of the National Board of the 

Y. W. C. A 8.8 % 

National Catholic War Council (K. of C.) 17.6 % 

Jewish Welfare Board 2.05% 

War Camp Community Service 8.8 % 

American Library Association 2-05% 

Salvation Army 2.05% 

13 193 



194 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

The seven allied organizations concerned had, in antici- 
pation of separate drives, gotten under way much of the 
display poster printing which they had intended to use in 
their respective drives, all of which was turned over to the 
United War Work Committee. This brought together 
probably the finest lot of colored lithograph posters that 
were ever used in any one movement. One of each of 
these posters is reproduced on another page. All of the 
posters, correspondence paper, bill heads, and small tolders 
carried the distinguishing emblems of the seven organiza- 
tions and was handled through the Main Street head- 
quarters. The Committee also received splendid coopera- 
tion from the Boy Scouts of New Rochelle who did 
yeoman service in the matter of placing window display 
cards, tacking up small posters, not only tor the general 
drive, but also distributing announcement cards tor the 
special features such as the theater meetings and other 
propaganda incidental to the campaign. 

It should be mentioned here also that during this period, 
when the public schools were closed, the school teachers 
helped the committee effectiv^ely in the rearrangement 
and distribution ot cards from which the canvassers made 
their house-to-house calls. 

The local newspaper display publicity was handled 
under the direction of Mr. Frank J. Hermes, and con- 
sidered from the literary standpoint, it was as fine as any- 
thing ever written for campaign work, and although this 
item of expense was not to be taken from any of the 
moneys subscribed for the general fund, it was so liberally 
taken care of by the members of the Executive Committee 
and the merchants, at their own expense, that page after 
page of full page display work was shown in the local 
papers. In many cases, groups of merchants in similar 
lines, as well as the banks, formed so-called Adv^ertising 



UNITED WAR WORK FUND CAMPAIGN 



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196 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Clubs for the display of these excellent pieces of adver- 
tising. 

A chart showing the extensive organization of the 
United War Work drive is shown on another page of 
this book. In order that ample accommodations might 
be had for the large canvassing force necessary in this 
drive, the Knights of Columbus Hall in Center Avenue 
was secured for the campaign workers' use. The Pub- 
licity Committee was installed at the then vacant Hudson 
Motor Car headquarters on Main Street. 

At the time this allied organization drive was begun, 
and for weeks before, the public press was filled with 
accounts of the ravages that the influenza was making and 
the local papers were noting daily from 50 to 60 new cases 
developing and being sent to the hospital. The schools 
were ordered closed to check the spread of the epidemic 
and the people were cautioned against attending public 
meetings. This epidemic had upset nation-wide cam- 
paigns and filled hospitals throughout the country to their 
limit. In New Rochelle, the stress was so great that at 
the height of the epidemic a requisition was made on the 
local street department for men to open graves in the local 
cemeteries, and the United War Work Committee felt that 
it was undertaking a stupendous task in attempting to put 
over a campaign for funds in face of these unfortunate 
conditions. 

Taking advantage of former experiences and working 
upon the excellent card system which had been prepared 
through the women of New Rochelle, who had made a 
house-to-house record of practically every dweller of New 
Rochelle for use in the last Liberty Loan Drive, under 
Mrs. Wm. M. Harding and her organization, the Women's 
Club of New Rochelle, and its auxiliaries, the amount of 
the pledges on file at the close of the drive was $101,463.00. 



UNITED WAR WORK FUND CAMPAIGN 197 

The treasurer, Mr. Edwin S. Bellows, and his assistants 
worked assiduously and persistently on the outstanding 
amounts. All payments were credited and checked each 
day, and ten days after each installment fell due, a state- 
ment was sent to each and every pledger showing the 
amount promised and his or her previous payments, if 
any, and the outstanding amount due, and it is considered 
to be a most remarkable result that out of the $101,884.63 
pledged, there was turned into the banks by the treasurer, 
198,580.94. When we consider the changes in the finan- 
cial condition of many pledgers and in many cases re- 
movals from the city, illness, death, and other unforeseen 
occurrences, taken with the general apathy which comes 
with long deferred installment payments, it is considered 
a most unusual accomplishment to collect all but about 
$3,000 of the enormous amount pledged. 

Mr. H. M. Miller, who represented the Y. M. C. A. and 
whose district covered the first ward, selected for his head- 
quarters the meeting room of the St. John's M. E. Church 
and returns from his canvassers came through him, as 
general, to the treasurer who was installed in the K. of C. 
building. The generals, as they were called, were the 
leaders of each of the seven allied organizations and they 
made their returns to the treasurer each evening during 
the drive at the K. of C. Hall. Here the money was 
turned over to the tellers and representatives of the local 
banks, each of which had one or more men at head- 
quarters every evening of the drive to check the returns 
of the canvassers, list checks, count currency and coin, 
and make all ready for banking the next morning in the 
several local banks under the prescribed pro rata division 
established by the Finance Committee of which Mr. 
Geo. Watson was chairman. Under direction of the 
White Plains headquarters, this money was checked out 



198 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

from the local banks to the Westchester County Treas- 
urer of the Fund. From the publicity headquarters on 
Main Street, in charge of Mr, Sidney W. Goldsmith, the 
publicity copy, the stationery for the workers and all 
forms for the canvassers' use such as pledge cards, install- 
ment reminder cards, canvassers' listing sheets, envelopes 
for enclosing returns of money, etc., were distributed. 

An interesting work started in this campaign was the 
organization of the Victory Boys and Victory Girls. The 
contributions were to be only from moneys earned by 
these children and were not to be obtained as gifts from 
parents or others. The number of subscribers approxi- 
mated 2000 and the amount of money pledged aggre- 
gated I9043.39, all but $2.15 of which was paid. This 
really remarkably efficient work was under the able leader- 
ship of Mrs. Lee Lash, Chairman of the Victory Girls and 
Mr. C. S. Bragdon, Chairman of the Victory Boys Com- 
mittee, ably assisted by the school teachers of New 
Rochelle. 

It is worthy of note that the College of the City of New 
Rochelle at the start of this movement pledged I3000, 
which amount was promptly paid in two pledged install- 
ments. 

By a singular coincidence, the beginning of the drive 
occurred on the day when the armistice was declared, 
when the people were in a state of reaction from the hys- 
teria brought on by the false announcement that the war 
had ended on November yth. All will remember the wild 
demonstrations carried on practically all the night of Nov- 
ember 7th when the country was in an ecstacy of rejoicing 
over the news of the war's end, the reaction that followed 
these hysterical days brought on a paralysis of all war 
work and particularly of all active war interest so far as 
the contributina; of funds was concerned. In the face of 



UNITED WAR WORK FUND CAMPAIGN 1 99 

all these unpromising conditions, the canvassing organiza- 
tion went bravely to its work. They were met with indif- 
ference and rebuffs and even where pledges had been pre- 
viously made, the question was asked, "Why, now that the 
war has ended, is there any further need of funds?" It 
required much time and patience of the solicitors to argue 
the people out of this frame of mind. The general apathy 
toward giving was apparent everywhere. The publicity 
committee went to work at once to spread propaganda to 
offset this, announcements were given the press that even 
though the war was ended, there would now be even 
greater need of money by the seven associated organiza- 
tions for use during the trying period following the actual 
strife. A canvassing force of approximately 250 men and 
women was marshaled and started out with a grim deter- 
mination to do as well as, if not better than in any other 
drive. 

The actual activities of this campaign may be said to 
have begun with an inspirational dinner held on Friday 
evening, November 8th, in the Knights of Columbus Hall, 
at which Mr. Alfred W. McCann, the well-known news- 
paper man, delivered an inspirational address of the most 
stirring kind. Mr. James H. Baker, one of the official 
observers on the Western Front, told of his interesting 
experiences on the firing line. Mr. Baker was present at 
the battles of Verdun, Ypres, and the Somme, and had a 
most interesting story to relate. There were upwards of 
two hundred campaign workers present at this dinner, 
which was served by women from the Red Cross, the 
War Camp Community Service, and the Girls' Patriotic 
Service League. After dinner an auction sale of seats for 
the concert announced for Loew's Theater on Sunday 
evening, November 17th, was held. The K. of C. Hall 
was beautifully decorated with the flags of the Allies. 



200 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Several boxes were sold for one hundred and fifty dollars 
each and many orchestra seats at ten dollars each. None 
of the seats auctioned at this meeting went for less than 
five dollars each. Mr. Howard B. Cook was in charge of 
the ticket sale at 208 Huguenot Street and at the theater 
box oflice. 

On Sunday evening, November loth, an entertainment 
was given at Loew's Theater at which the song leader from 
Pelham Bay Naval Training Camp, Mr. Percy Hemus, 
made a stirring appeal and, with the assistance of the 
Girls' Patriotic Service League, a very liberal amount was 
collected. A number of prominent people in the theatrical 
world were present to entertain the audience, among 
them being Madame Roshanara in classic dances and Miss 
Violet Heming, a star in one of the current Broadway 
plays, who made a strong appeal for the fund. 

During the same day the tagging of automobiles was 
carried on under the direction of Mrs. A. V. McHarg. 
The local policemen gave their assistance to the work by 
stopping automobiles that the girls might make their 
collections, which they did most effectively. 11,576.00 
was turned in as the result of their day's work. 

The next day, Monday, November nth, was the day of 
days, when the announcement of the armistice set the 
whole world afire with enthusiasm. All day and most 
of the night, the people were celebrating, throwing con- 
fetti and burning colored lights. Impromptu parades 
were organized and stuffed effigies of the Kaiser were 
carried through the streets, and whenever the parades 
stopped, the paraders and onlookers joined in singing 
the national anthems. Flag and flower decorated auto- 
mobiles and trucks filled with girls and boys were driven 
up and down the main streets all day and a good part of 
the night. Many of the stores were closed and on the 



UNITED WAR WORK P^I'XD CAiMPAIGN 201 

doors of some were signs such as, "Closed for the day"; 
"Gone to the Kaiser's funeral"; "Will open after we bury 
the Kaiser." It might be noted that the "Money 
Hounds" were on this scent all day and night. 

Some of the interesting incidents of the canvass are as 
follows: In one of the finest residential sections of New 
Rochelle is a man who lives in one of the best houses in 
the section asked of a canvasser what subscriptions were 
being given in his section. The solicitor told him they 
ran from $250 down to I5. This gentleman replied that 
he would give him one for $5. Another one of the best 
known residents of New Rochelle said that he did not 
want the people to know what he gave and so as he gave 
nothing — his wish was granted. Another who was asked, 
said he would give I5 for each one of his forty employees 
and handed out his check for |2oo. An excellent oppor- 
tunity is afforded to study human nature in its varied 
phases during a drive for money, and even at a time when 
the country is aroused to the utmost pitch of enthusiasm, 
there will crop out here and there evidences of self-centered- 
ness and selfish interest An incident worth citing is as 
follows: During an intensive drive, one of the executive 
committeemen, after a hard day's work at his own office 
and a harder evening's work at the drive headquarters, 
was met on the street a little after midnight and was 
cheered by the hearty salutation of a well-to-do citizen 
who expressed the deepest interest in the work in hand; 
said he had followed the many drives, was proud of his 
city's showing, and felt it not only a duty but a high priv- 
ilege to subscribe to so worthy a cause as the Red Cross, 
but he had some hesitancy about giving his subscription 
to the ordinary canvasser and would rather give it to one 
of the executives and would feel more comfortable in 
doing so; that if the committeeman would call in person 



202 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT AVAR 

at his house he would gladly give him a check. • The com- 
mitteeman, loth to lose by any chance so promising a 
prospect, forthwith offered to go, even at that late hour, 
to the patriot's house. After a considerable walk, the 
two stopped before a pretentious dwelling and upon being 
ushered into a home where the appointments gave every 
evidence of the owner's more than comfortable financial 
condition, the subject of the many sacrifices all were called 
upon to make was discussed, and the atmosphere took on 
at least a five-hundred-dollar-air; the host excused himself, 
withdrew to his library to draw a check, and presently re- 
appeared with an expression that, to the committeeman, 
betokened at least several hundred dollars' worth oi satis- 
faction, and handed the committeeman a check tor two dol- 
lars ! The committeeman tried to cheer but couldn't. As an 
instance of how differently others respond in such a time, 
we might cite the case where one of the girls on Mrs. W. 
O. Raymond's team of taggers during the Red Cross drive 
was handed a check for two thousand dollars, which was 
given with the proviso that no names were to be men- 
tioned, in connection with the gift, and it might be men- 
tioned incidentally, that on this tag day, conducted by 
Mrs. Alice V. Cady, the extraordinary amount of ^6300 
was raised. One of the unique features of the day was 
the carrying of stretchers along the thoroughfares, into 
which coins and bills were thrown by passers-by. 
Stretchers were also held at the prominent points, 
such as the railroad stations and main street crossings. 
In all of this work the Boy Scouts, the police, and 
members of the Girls' Patriotic Service League gave valu- 
able assistance. 

The concert announced for Sunday, November 17th, 
was the means of raising S^joz aside from the box-olfice 
receipts. One of the features of this entertainment was 



UNITED WAR WORK FUND CAMPAIGN 203 

the introduction of seven girls representing the seven 
organizations for whose work the fund was being raised. 
Each girl was in the costume which was distinctive of the 
organization which she represented. Mr. Percy Hemus, 
with his leaning toward the dramatic in stage productions, 
arranged that the theater be darkened and that each one 
of these young ladies appear from the wings of the stage in 
a spot light and move across to the other side of the stage. 
When the seven representatives had assembled a spot light 
was thrown on the group and Mr. Hemus invited bids for 
the organizations which they represented and the audience 
was invited to bid for the organizations as units or as 
grouped with the result that the bids were from I5.00 to 
I50.00 singly and from $35.00 to $140.00 in groups of 
seven. The names of the young ladies who represented 
the seven organizations and who made a most attractive 
tableau are as follows: 

Young Men's Christian Asso., Miss Katherine Twohev 
Knights of Columbus, Miss Edna Manning 

Jewish Welfare Board, Miss Barbara Grant 

American Library Association, Miss Emma Klenke 
War Camp Community Service, Miss Helen McHarg 

The young ladies representing the Young W^omen's 
Christian Association and the Salvation Army were from 
Mount Vernon. 

The concert, the talent for which was secured through 
the efforts of Mr. Louis Meyer of Rochelle Heights, pub- 
lisher of the Theater Magazine^ was one of the finest ever 
given in New Rochelle. Among the artists who assisted 
were Miss Cecil Arden, contralto of the Metropolitan Opera 
Company; the talented Irene Franklin, the impersonator, 
who with her husband who accompanied her had just 



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NKW ROC'HKLLK: HKU I'VUr 1\ THE GREAT \VAU 



returned troni three months' service entertaining the 
soldiers in France; George HaniHn, tenor of the Chicago 
Opera Company; Miss Helene Rogers, soprano; and Miss 
LiUian Bradley, also just returned after a year and a half's 
service entertaining the soldiers at their cantonments. 
Miss Emily Lea, the charming dancer ot the "Ciloriana" 
Company, also took part m the program. 

During the day, under the leadership of Mrs. H. B. 
Cook, twelve teams of women taggers were at N\ork. 
These women were assisted by soldiers detailed from b'ort 
Slocum. The soldiers not only stood by the girls at 
their respective stations, but several ot them rcxie up 
and down on the railroad tagging passengers between 
New Rochelle and the Grand Central Station. The 
day's work under Mrs. Cook's leadership netted exactly 
5^>ooo for the fund. 

As the returns ot the drive were reported to the county 
headquarters in White Plains and the collections were 
turned over to the coutuy treasurer ot the tund. New 
Rochelle's prominence in the niovement became markedly 
noticeable as will be seen trom the abstracts given below 
of several letters received bN the local New Rochelle 
chairman trom Mr. Ivan P. Flood, Campaign Oirectiir 
for Westchester County: 

Xov. 2j;i/i^ /O/S. — "1 want to have the opportunity o\ 
congratulating \ou personalK upon the very successful 
campaign which you and your associates conducted." 

Xov. 2Qth^ iQiS. — " I am delighted with the splendid 
additional report ot the amount raised in New Rochelle. 
We are all proud ot the splendid record which has been 
made under your inspiring leadership. So tar as we know. 
New Rochelle is the first city of its si/e to double its quota 
and I want to congratulate you and your co-workers iqnni 
this ver\ uiAusual result." 



ITNITK.n WAK \\\)HK 1 TNU rAMTAlCX 2U5 

Dcr. oM, /o/S. — "New Rochelle has certainly made a 
remarkable record m the War Work Campaign, not onlv 
doubling its quota but in paying in 77V0 ot the total 
amount pledged at si> early a date." 

(^Notk: At the time ot closing the local treasurer's 
accounts, 96.7% of the amount pledged had been paid in.) 

Miinh /St, IQJQ. — "Your help and cooperation has 
enabled Westchester County to make the best showing in 
the whole b.mpire State in the percentage ot pledges paid 
in to date in the I'nited War Work Campaign." 

As an aftermath ot this wonderfully successful drive, 
a theater party was given at Loew's Theater at which 
the Chairman ot the I'nited War Work nri\e, on behalf 
ot the "Money Hounds" who occupied stage boxes, pre- 
sented Mr. A. 1.. M. Bebb, the local manager of Loew's 
Theater, with a handsome gold watch as a tribute to his 
untiring and valuable assistance in this and other war fund 
and bond selling drives, asking also that Mr. Bebb express 
to Mr. Marcus Loew, the proprietor of the theater, the 
appreciatiim ot the New Rochelle people for the generous 
use of the theater which he had at all times given to the 
various campaigns. 

At the close of the presentation, three expensive German 
steins, which had been donated to the committee by an 
ardent townsw^oman, were brought upon the stage and the 
audience was asked to bid tor the privilege oi smashing 
them at the footlights. The bidding was very spirited 
and one after another was duly smashed with a hammer 
decorated with red, white, and blue ribbons and carrying 
the date of the meeting. Mr. W. G. C. Otto bid S25 for 
the privilege of smashing the last stein but insisted that 
Mr. Bebb, a Britisher and a coming American citizen, 
should ha\e the honor of sending the stein to oblivion. 
Mr. Bebb played his part ot the business with true spirit, 



206 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

breaking the stein into hundreds of pieces. The hammer 
was presented by the chairman to one of the "Money 
Hovmds," Mr. A. E. Thorne, whose slogan at many meet- 
ings was, "Til double it." 



THE POLICE AUXILIARY 

By George L. Cade, Lieutenant 

The Police Auxiliary was created to cope with condi- 
tions anticipated and feared, but never realized. The 
certainty that the United States would be drawn into the 
World War had led to the formation of the Citizen's 
Protective Committee in New Rochelle. No one knew 
how far German sympathizers and disorderly elements, 
generally, might work in common to disturb the peace and 
interfere with that cooperation with the national govern- 
ment which it was both the duty and the earnest desire of 
our city to give. In such event our regular police force, 
efficient though it was, must inevitably have proven too 
small for the emergency. A meeting was therefore called 
by the Committee in Elks Hall on the evening ot March 
30, 1917, and volunteers were asked for military and 
police reserves. The response was both prompt and en- 
thusiastic, and within a comparatively short time the 
Police Auxiliary numbered some two hundred and fifty 
members. 

The organization was placed under the general control 
ot the Police Commissioners, working in cooperation with 
and subject to the call of the Chief of Police. Charles F. 
Porter was appointed Chief Inspector, with Clarence S. 
Shumway as i\ssistant Inspector, and Gray Miller, Cap- 
tain-Adjutant. The territory to be covered was laid out 
in eleven posts or zones (afterwards reduced to ten), 

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208 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

covering all of New Rochelle with the exception of that 
portion north of Wykagyl and the Woods of Larchmont. 
Posts One and Two (afterwards consolidated) covered the 
business center of the city, Post Three included the strip 
between Franklin and Echo avenues, Post Five took in 
the East End, Posts Four, Six, and Seven covered the 
remainder of the city south of the New Haven tracks. 
Posts Ten and Eleven cared for the central portion north 
of the tracks, with Zone One covering the northern por- 
tion, and Zone Two the Fourth Ward district. 

Each post and zone was officered by a captain, two 
lieutenants, and two sergeants. During the twenty-eight 
months of the life of the organization many changes 
naturally took place in both rank and file. At the close 
of this article will be found a complete membership list; 
it will perhaps be sufficient here to give a list of the Post 
Commanders during the Liberty Loan drives, the period 
during which the force came in closest contact with, and 
were best known by the citizens generally. They were: 

Post One, Capt. Geo. A. Fisher 

" Three, Lieut. W. L. Thomas 

" Four, Capt. Fred L. Beeton 

" Five, " Edward P. Cunningham 

" Six, " R. R. Coats 

" Seven, " Lyman F. Gray 

" Ten, " A. Waydell 

" Eleven, " H. W. Haight 

Zone One, " Harry J. Schley 

" Two, " Edward J. Cordial 

During the last drive. Chief Inspector Porter having 
removed from New Rochelle, was succeeded by Assistant 
Inspector Shumway, his place being filled by the promo- 



thp: police auxiliary 209 

tion of Capt. Schley, who was in turn succeeded by Lieut. 
E. G. Reynolds, Jr. Adj. Miller having become a Police 
Commissioner, was succeeded by Charles B. Grimes, of 
Post Seven, 

The Posts once organized, the next step was to famil- 
iarize the members with the districts they were to cover. 
The plan of the Police Department was that, in case of 
trouble arising and necessitating the concentration of 
the regular force at a particular point, thefirst duty of the 
Auxiliary would be to care for the regular beats of the 
patrolmen. It was therefore necessary that the members 
should know the local conditions of their posts. To 
Lieut. Geo. P. Smith of the regulars was given the task of 
whipping the amateurs into a practical working force, 
and the choice was certainly a happy one. The writer 
has never known just how thoroughly Lieut. Smith 
enjoyed his job; he must have sighed at times for the 
spirit of Job, but if it was hard on him, the members of 
the Auxiliary certainly liked and profited by his firm but 
kind discipline. Each night two men were sent out to 
accompany the regular officer on his four-hour patrol, 
lasting from eight o'clock until midnight, and this was 
kept up until each man thoroughly knew his own district, 
and what to do in case anything happened at a time when 
he might be patrolling alone. The memory of those first 
patrols probably still lingers in the minds of some of the 
members. The nights were not always clear and balmy, 
and towards midnight the pavements became hard and 
seemed to be running generally up hill. The Military 
Reserve having taken the younger men, the Police Aux- 
iliary was made up largely of men middle-aged, and many 
even past fifty, business and professional men who looked 
back over a stretch of years to the time when they could 
claim to be athletes. What they may have lacked in 

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2IO NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

training, however, they made up in spirit, and few would 
admit, even when a little stiff the next day, that it was 
anything but good exercise. The few who weakened 
were not held back from dropping out, and their places 
were quickly filled. 

As soon as a man had qualified he was sworn as a special 
officer, was given a badge and club, and was uniformed. 
He was permitted to carry a revolver, though but few 
chose to do so. His next lesson was in acting in unison, 
and drilling was at once started, both in battalion and 
company formation, with Lieut. Smith in charge of the 
former, and such members as had had military training 
caring for their own posts. The drilling was limited to 
comparatively simple movements and formations, such as 
might be of practical benefit in case of actual service. 
Candor compels the admission that the average standard 
of efficiency never quite reached that which would be 
required of military bodies, though some few of the Posts 
whose members took enthusiastically to such work did 
really attain a very creditable degree of efficiency. 

The force organized and ready for business waited for 
the trouble which we all know never came. It was better 
so for the city, but the members of the Police Auxiliary 
will always carry a slight feeling of regret that somebody 
did not "start something," and give them a chance to 
show what they could do. In the meantime, however, 
they were far from idle. Partly for the sake of discipline, 
and partly because their help was of material service, the 
Department called on them at various times for special 
duty. They served at the polls on election day, and took 
charge at Hudson Park on busy Sunday afternoons during 
the summer. They also served there on both Fourth of 
Julys, when it was no small task to handle the traffic and 
throngs, and earned the commendation of "well done" 



THE POLICE AUXILIARY 211 

from the Chief. As ornaments they took part in the 
various parades of that period, and gave more practical 
service at sundry big meetings. On the early morning 
of the big fire at Huguenot and Lawton sts., Nov. lo, 
1917, they did not even wait to be called, but turned out 
as soon as the fire was known, and guarded the lines in 
cooperation with the regular officers as long as it was 
necessary to maintain them. 

On that memorable week in December, 191 7, when the 
War Department nodded, and New Rochelle rose to the 
occasion in a way that will be a source of pride to its 
citizens for many years to come, the Auxiliary found op- 
portunity for real service, and responded quickly and ef- 
fectively. Day and night the members acted as guards 
at the halls, churches, and other places where the recruits 
were quartered, and helped as they could to care for the 
wants of the bewildered young men who were the forced 
but welcome guests of the city. For the trained soldier 
or police officer such service would have been very much 
in the day's work, but it meant a little more than that to 
the business man who tried to look after his own affairs 
and do his duty to his city and organization at the same 
time. If there was any hedging the writer did not hear 
of it, and the spirit shown is well illustrated by an inci- 
dent within his own experience. Telephoning one of his 

men he said, "You are wanted for duty at from 

twelve to three." "All right," was the response, "I'll be 
there." "Perhaps you did not understand, I meant 
twelve to three in the morning." "I said I would be 
there," was the only further reply. 

On the evening of the 3d of July, 1917, the Police Com- 
missioners put the Auxiliary to a most interesting test, 
and with gratifying results. The force had been advised 
hat if their services were suddenly needed a riot call 



212 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART I\ THE GREAT WAR 

would be sounded by the tire whistle. In the case ot such 
a call members were to report immediately to the starting 
points of their patrols, the first man to arrive to be in com- 
mand until succeeded by a superior in rank. When three 
had assembled two were to begin patrol, the third remain- 
ing at the starting point pending orders from headquarters. 
As soon as live had reported, the ranking officer was to 
report to headquarters for further instruction. 

Without previous intimation to any member ot the 
Auxiliary as to when it would be given, the call was soun- 
ded at nine-twenty-six on the evening mentioned. The 
various posts reported at Police headquarters as tollows: 

9:36 Post 5, by Lieut. Cade, squad on patrol 

9:40 " 7, " Capt. Gray, 

9:41 " 4, " Lieut. Thompson, 

9:41 " 3, ** Serg. Gano, 

9:45 " 2, " Lieut. Billings, 

9:48 Zone 2, " Capt. Cordial, 

9:49 Post 6, " Lieut. Coates, 

9:52 Zone I, " Capt. Benta, 
10:00 Post I, " Lieut. Zinke, 
10:02 " II, " Lieut. Simonson, 

io:io " 10, " Lieut. Way dell, 

9:38 Chief Inspector Porter and Adj. Gray Miller re- 
ported in full uniform 
Rev. George Reynolds, of Post 7, reported at his signal 
station in full uniform at 9:32, six minutes after the 
alarm sounded. 

Within a very short time after the call 128 men had 
reported at their stations, showing that the regular posts 
could be cared for at short notice should an emergency 
require the regular force elsewhere. 



THE POLICE AUXILIAI{V 213 

An inspection of the battalion was held at Beechmont 
Oval on July I4, 1917, and on July 13, 191 8 there was an 
inspection and review at the Oval in Rochelle Park. A 
large flag was offered by the Police Commissioners to the 
company of the Auxiliary attaining the highest figure of 
merit, attendance, appearance, and drill to count equally 
in determining the award. This inspection was largely 
attended and the company under the command of Capt. 
Schley, Zone One, won the flag, which was presented by 
Mayor Waldorf. 

By invitation of Dr. Beattys, the members attended 
service at St. John's Church on the evening of July i , 
1 91 7, and again on June 30, 191 8. Two evenings were 
devoted to social pleasures; an enjoyable smoker was held 
in Trinity Parish House on the evening of June 3, 1918, 
and on Dec. 16, 191 8, a Ladies' Night was given in Col- 
umbus Hall. Mayor Waldorf, Police Commissioner 
Carroll, and Lieut. Greeley spoke upon the work of the 
organization. A program of musical selections was ren- 
dered by talent furnished by Mr. Jule Delmar. Dancing 
and refreshments completed a most enjoyable evening. 

It remained for the Liberty Loan campaigns to offer the 
Auxiliary its greatest opportunity for service. For the 
first loan there was no regularly organized canvass. It 
was something new for the city as for the country, but the 
response was sufficiently spontaneous to carry it through 
to a success. Ex-Mayor Colwell was chairman of the 
committee for the second loan. Subscriptions were not 
coming in well; New Rochelle, together with the rest of 
the country, had not yet awakened to the immensity of the 
task involved in raising billion after billion. Only five 
days were left of the campaign, with a very considerable 
portion of the minimum remaining unsubscribed. Presi- 
dent Greeley called the Citizen's Protective Committee 



214 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

together and laid the gravity of the situation before them. 
That New Rochelle should fail in her task was not to 
be thought of, but the fact remained that there was a 
great deal to be done, and with but little time in which to 
do it, or in which to organize a large force of canvassers. 
Mr. Greeley remembered, however, that his committee was 
the father of an organization admirably organized for such 
work. The Police Auxiliary was organized by districts; 
the men within each post knew their territory and its 
people thoroughly. The organization was semi-military 
in form; it was designed to act quickly if called upon. 
"Would the Police Auxiliary take on this work, and put 
the job over?" There was not a moment's hesitation in 
the answer; the next morning, or in fact that night, it went 
to work. The result of the canvass is now a matter of 
local history; New Rochelle went "over the top" as it 
always does, and the quota was more than raised. 

When the time came for the Third Loan it was only 
natural for Chairman Moore to ask the Auxiliary to help 
once more. In the quick action necessary for the Second 
Loan, Capt. Gray, of Post Seven, had volunteered to take 
charge of the details of the Auxiliary canvass, and the 
result made him the natural chairman of a committee to 
handle its canvass in the Third Loan. This time he was 
assisted by Adj. Miller and Capt. Beeton, of Post Four. 
It is unnecessary to refer to New Rochelle's response to 
that call. The quota was again greatly oversubscribed. 

The Fourth Loan found Gray Miller, now Police Com- 
missioner, in charge of the local campaign. A greater 
task confronted him than that of either of the two pre- 
vious chairmen. Not only was the amount to be raised 
much larger than ever before, but the ability of the citi- 
zens to subscribe was feared to be much less. Many had 
bought to their limit on the previous loans, and not a 



THE POLICE AUXILIARY 215 

few were still paying on earlier subscriptions. The money 
had to be raised, however; if it was a strenuous task for 
New Rochelle, it was one shared by all the rest of the 
country. Plainly a different sort of campaign was neces- 
sary this time; the entire city must be covered, house by 
house, and the committee must absolutely know that the 
opportunity and obligation to subscribe had been put 
before every family in the city. Captains Gray and 
Beeton were ready again, and Lieut. Cade, of Post Five, 
took Mr. Miller's former place on the executive committee 
in charge of the Auxiliary's canvass. A card index of the 
families of New Rochelle was needed before the work could 
be started systematically, and there was none in existence. 
To build such an index it was necessary to make a pre- 
liminary canvass of all the houses in the city. Such work 
could not be done at night in any short space of time, and 
the members of the Auxiliary as a body could not well 
leave their business to do it by day. The Committee 
turned for help to that source which has never yet been 
found wanting in New Rochelle, and a women's commit- 
tee, under the chairmanship of Mrs. William M. Harding 
made the canvass and turned in the needed cards prac- 
tically complete in three days. For any credit due the 
Police Auxiliary for what they accomplished in the last 
two Liberty Loan drives they are indebted in no small 
degree to this assistance of Mrs. Harding's devoted band 
of women workers. 

The index cards having been prepared in triplicate, two 
sets were given to the several post captains. One of these 
the captains distributed amongst their men, and each night 
the canvasser took with him the cards corresponding to the 
families on which he was to call. As far as possible the can- 
vassers worked in the vicinity of their own home, and 
amongst the people whom they knew. The canvasser's 



2l6 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

work for the night over he turned in to his captain the cards 
for which he had made calls, showing their result, together 
with the subscriptions obtained. The captain then 
checked these results on the second set of cards which he 
had retained, retiring such as had been completed. Early 
on the following morning he turned in to the committee 
the cards received back from the men, and which were in 
turn checked on the third set retained at headquarters. 
The cards in the headquarters set were also retired as fast 
as the prospects had been covered, and in this way the 
captains had before them all the time the cards repre- 
senting families on which no reports had been made, and 
knew where the work needed pushing, and where to assist 
the canvasser who was falling behind, and the Committee 
was also in a position to follow the work of the various 
posts, to note where their work was not being kept up, 
and to rush assistance to the weak points. 

The men were given to understand that by the end of 
the drive they were expected to have turned back every 
card which had been allotted them, each bearing a report 
as to what they had accomplished. To show how effi- 
ciently both the system and the canvassers worked, before 
the close of headquarters on the last night of the drive, 
one post. Number Seven, had turned in every card allotted 
it, with reports; by noon on the following day Post Five 
had done the same, and by the Wednesday following, or 
the fourth day, every Post but one had completed its 
work in the same way. It meant midnight or later every 
night (Sundays excepted) during the drive for the Post 
captains, and for the members of the committee this was 
true for six weeks. New Rochelle knows what the result 
was, however, and is justly proud of the subscriptions it 
turned in to the Fourth Liberty Loan. 

The history of the Auxiliary's work in the Fifth Loan 



THE POLICE AUXILIARY 217 

is so much a repetition of that of the Fourth that it is 
unnecessary to recount it in detail. Under Chairman 
Leroy Frantz of the general committee, the same executive 
committee served as on the previous loan, and this was 
perhaps fortunate, as much less time was given them for 
preparation. The card records of the previous loan were 
available, however, for another campaign, and with but 
few exceptions the same officers and men attended to the 
actual work of canvass, and the same system was followed. 
In both drives the Committee had valuable assistance from 
volunteers, particularly from women canvassers in the 
Fourth. It would be difficult to include the names of all 
such helpers, but mention should at least be made of Mr. 
W. M. Patterson, who handled the canvass of the un- 
organized district to the extreme north of the city, a terri- 
tory very difficult to cover at night, and of Mr, E. S. 
Young and Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Riggs, whose help 
was invaluable in checking the cards returned by the 
canvassers. 

Standing alone, this story of the work of the Police 
Auxiliary in the Liberty Loan campaigns might well 
create the impression that the writer is disposed to claim 
for that organization the chief credit for the success of the 
campaigns. It should only be necessary to remind the 
reader, however, that he is attempting to write of only one 
branch of that work, that of the house to house canvass 
for subscriptions. In this same volume others will have 
written of the splendid work done by the various other 
committees and organizations, all of which combined were 
essential to the final success. 

With the close of the canvass for the Fifth Loan the 
work of the Police Auxiliary was at an end. The war was 
over, and there was but little reason to expect any further 
calls on the organization. At the request of the Mayor 



2l8 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

and the Police Commissioners it was kept intact, however, 
for a few months longer, being finally mustered out on 
July 14, 1919. 

Few of us there are at the end of a normal life who can 
look back over the years and see accomplished to any 
substantial degree the specific ambitions of our youth. 
Success, if achieved at all, is usually along quite different 
lines from those originally planned, and we can perhaps 
afford to be satisfied if the work which fate has put before 
us has been reasonably well done. And so it must be as 
to the life of the Police Auxiliary. In the light of the 
purpose for which it was organized its accomplishment 
must be rated very low. It was destined, however, for a 
very different use, and as with the individual, the justi- 
fication for its being must be measured by the degree 
of its accomplishment of the work that was given it to do. 
Had the members been told when they took their oaths of 
service that they were to be largely sellers of bonds, they 
might have hesitated and remained out, but the emer- 
gency before them, each played his part as best he could, 
and few there are who will not say that the history of 
New Rochelle is not at least a little richer for what they 
did. It was a question of "how can I serve?" and the 
spirit of all may be said to have been expressed by one of 

the workers. Mr. was not even a Post member, but 

had volunteered to help at headquarters at a time when 
help was sorely needed. Though no longer a young man 
he worked night after night until midnight, after having 
already done a day's work at his office. On the last night 
of the drive, as we all turned wearily homeward, someone 
remarked, "You ought to have a gold crown coming to 

you, Mr. for what you have done." "No," was the 

reply, very simply, "I don't want any crown. All I ask 
is that when it is all over, and the boys come home, I may 



THE POLICE AUXILIARY 219 

Stand on the street as they go by, with the right to say 
'I helped.'" 

New Rochelle had a host of able and devoted workers 
during the period of the great war, among whom the 
members of the Police Auxiliary may justly claim a place. 
Certainly none who served as a member during its full life 
regrets the hours he spent in its service, for he too 
"helped." 



220 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE NEW ROCHELLE 
POLICE AUXILIARY 



Abrams, Thomas 
Agnew, Samuel H. 
Ahern, P. E. 
Aikenhead, Harry A. 
Allen, Carlton B. 
Ambrose, George M. 
Andrews, Frederick T. 
Apter, Abraham, 
Ayer, Charles F. 

Baker, Henry M» 
Baker, Sidney 
Ball, John R. 
Balliet, Orn 
Baltz, Joseph M. 
Bartnett, Michael 
Bedford, Albert M. 
Beeton, Fred L. 
Behrens, Everett E. 
Bender, Harry W. 
Benta, J. George 
Berman, Herman 
Berry, Asa A. 
Berry, E. M. 
Bertine, Walter D. 
Betts, C. S. 
Billings, Arthur T. 
Bohrmann, Henry J. 
Bory, George 
Boynton, Edward B. 
Bradley, A. F. 



Bradley, Alexander 
Briggs, H. A. 
Britton, Clarence A. 
Broas, Charles H. 
Brookfield, James H, 
Broomell, John P. 
Brown, Joseph T. 
Brown, Patrick 
Brown, Robert M. H. 
Burns, E. J. 
Bushnell, William M. 

Cabaret, E. j. 
Cade, George L. 
Cahill, P. H. 
Cameron, Peter 
Canedy, Malcom C. 
Cannon, G. H. 
Canty, James J. 
Carey, Clarence J. 
Carter, William A. 
Chapin, Walter F. 
Childs, Harry R. 
Clark, Henry S. 
Clark, J. D. 
Clark, Kenneth 
Clark, William J. 
Claus, H. 
Coates, Russell R. 
Cohen, C. L. 
Cook, Frank E. 



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Cordelia, Vincent 
Cordial, Edward J. 
Cordner, Aukland B. 
Cornish, Frank G. 
Cotter, Daniel J. 
Coyle, Walter H. 
Crampton, Steward H. 
Crandell, Paul M. 
Cunneen, Daniel C. 
Cunningham, Edward P. 
Cunningham, William L. 
Curtis, Eugene J. 
Cushing, Otto W. 
Cuyler, David H. 

Daly, Dr. John A. 
Daub, Frank 
Davidson, Adam M. 
Dayrell, Henry G. B. 
DeAngelis, Gennaro 
Demarest, J. B. T. 
Denmead, Harry 
DePue, James C. 
Dodge, H. E. 
Dolan, Stephen H. 
Doremus, William H. 
Douglas, Stuart F. 
Draddy, William G. 
Drummond, William L. 

Edmonds, William J. 
Edwards, H. T. 
Elbert, A. 
Elliott, Frederick G. 



Engelbrekt, Harold 

Farrell, John 
Featherstone, William J. 
Fega, Sam 
Fergus, H. G. 
Fisher, George A. 
Fisher, George M. 
Fitch, F. J. 
Fornell, Victor 
Fossett, Jasper N. 
Fox, George F. 
Frantz, LeRoy 
Fribourg, Edwin 
Frost, Frederick G. 
Frost, W. H. 

GaiUard, C. B. G. 
Galbraith, G. B. 
Galgano, George E. 
Gallup, Raymond C. 
Gambling, Thomas H. 
Gano, Walter 
Gardner, J. E. 
Garges, Samuel 
Geng, William. 
Gibson, H. C. 
Giles, Frank D., Jr. 
Glaccum, William 
Gleason, Charles F. 
Goldsmith, Sidney W. 
Gould, C. C. 
Grace, Patrick 
Gray, Lyman F. 



222 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 



Gray, William B. 
Gray, William B. 
Greeley, William B. 
Green, Joseph E. 
Griffin, Frank J. 
Grimes, Charles B. 

Hadaway, William S. 
Hadden, Chester 
Haggerty, John 
Haight, Harry W. 
Halstead, Samuel 
Hatzfeld, Louis E. 
Havves, W. J. 
Healy, John F. 
Hecht, Leonard 
Heintz, William T. 
Heleker, Harry 
Henderson, Francis H. 
Henderson, Lucius 
Hendrickson, Dr. C. W. 
Hennessy, Rowland B. 
Herrick, Richard P. 
Holler, Albert J. 
Howard, A. J. 
Humphreys, E. W. 
Hupfel, Otto 
Husted, Frank 
Hyde, Herbert A. 

Johnson, J. F. 
Johnson, Malcolm 
Johnston, Harry A. 
Julich, Herman 



Kaminski, Nathan 
Kellogg, M. B. 
Ketchum, Leonard A. 
Kiely, J. V. 
Kiernan, James K. 
King, Elbert W. 
King, Raymond 
Knapp, H. A. 
Knapp, Robert L. 
Kraetzer, William F. 
Kratzke, John 
Kuchler, George W. 
KuU, A. L. 

Laggin, Robert 
Lange, William 
Lambden, Howard 
Lambden, John F. 
Lamberton, Charles H. 
Langton, William 
Lasus, Adolph 
Lathers, Richard 
Leagien, L. H. 
Leahy, M. J. 
Leary, Cornelius J. 
Leibfried, Frank 
Leonard, Albert 
Levin, Charles 
Levy, Charles 
Levy, Lucien 
Licht, George A. 
Linehan, James R. 
Liveright, Horace B. 
Lloyd, Cyrus 



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Lloyd, George A. 
Lockwood, H. A. 
Loder, Benjamin C. 
Logan, D. C. 
Luhman, William 
Lykke, S. S. 
Lyster, M. J. 

MacKenzie, Philip W. 
Macy, Theodore M. 
Magnus, Joseph 
Manning, Eugene A. 
Martin, Wilfred T. 
Masson, William H. 
Maxcy, L. 
McCann, James D. 
McCrea, Edward W. 
McGee, John M. 
McGuinnes, James J. 
McHarg, A. V. A. 
Meltzer, Abraham 
Menair, Frank C. 
Merriam, Edmond A. 
Miller, Gray 
Moffett, James H. 
Moneuse, A. E. 
Moore, Herbert L. 
Mueller, George F. 
Murry, R. N. 

Nelson, Lyman H. 
Nodine, Arthur A. 

O'Connor, John J. 



'O'Connor, John W. 
Ohlenslager, Jean 
Oktavic, Joseph 
Osborne, Robert A. 

Fallen, Conde B. 
Peck, Charles F. 
Peck, E. W. 
Penney, H. R. 
Perley, J. Marshall 
Perry, Lycus D. 
Perry, Sidney R. 
Petersen, Anthon S. 
Perley, H. C. 
Phillips, C. Coles 
Pike, Robert M. 
Plunkit, O. T. • 
Pond, Winthrop 
Porter, Charles F. 
Post, R. P. 
Potts, Charles P. 
Powers, Charles 

Randolph, John L. 
Reed, C. M. 
Reichman, H. A. 
Reid, John Jr, 
Reischmann, Arthur R. 
Reynolds, E. G., Jr. 
Reynolds, Rev. Geo. 
Rice, Charles E. 
Rice, M. H. 
Rich, Albert G. 
Ritchie, Albert 



224 NKW UOCHF.LLE: UKR FART IN rilK GREAT UAR 



Ritchie, Peter C, Jr. 
Riskus, Jacob 
Robinson, E. C. 
Robinson, John 
Robinson, Thomas H. 
Rock, Edward 
Romer, John H. 
Rosengarten, Lc«.iis 
Rowe, Frank W. 
Rowhmd, John R. 

Samuels, M. 
Saqui, David S. 
Schillo, Mathias 
Schley, Harry J. 
Schmidt, Charles C. 
Schneider', Charles 
Schumacher, H. J. 
Schwerin, Clarence M. 
Scoble, Thomas D. 
Scott, Charles F. 
Scott, Grant C. 
Searls, Theodore P. 
Senior, Walter R. 
Sheahan, William J. 
Shedden, Charles H. 
Shedden, J. R. 
Shumway, Clarence S. 
Siegel, William 
Sieverts, Fred. 
Silber, Arthur M. 
Simonson, Frederick R. 
Sinks, George T. 
Six, Harrv 



Sloane, W. H. 
Smith, Leonard P. 
Smith, Nathaniel S. 
Smith, W. R. 
Smyth, J. l.enox 
Stetsoti, John P. 
Stewart, William J. 
Stoeckel, Rudolph 
Stolz, Ernest H. 
Stone, Alfred W. 
Sullivan, F. S. 
Summer, George A. 
Switzer, William H. 
Swain, Frank E. 

Tate, Charles Howard 
Tavlor, Charles J. 
Tavlor, M. S. 
Taylor, Walter P. 
Thomas, Stephen A. 
Thomas, William T. 
Thompson, John \. 
Throckmorton, Edmund 
Thurman, Frank W. 
Tiernan, J. 
Tindall, Walter C. 
Tobin, Georiie T. 
Todd,W. R 
TuUy, Cletus E. 

Vallet, Henri 
Van Alst, W. H. 

\'an Auken, Charles A. 
\:u\ Brunt, 1 . 



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Van Horn, George Weston, W. B. 

Van Winkle, J. C. Wilson, R. B. 

V^m Zelm, John A. Winter, Fred. A. 

Vaughan, Robert Wood, H. A. 

Volmer, Hugo Wood, W^illiam G. 

Wright, Bartholomew O. 

Walker, Frank M. Wright, E. A. 

Ward, A. P. Wright, Ernest B. 
Washburn, Frank R. 

Waydell, Anderson Zincke, G. H. 

Way, Francis Zollinger, William M. 
West, Charles H. 
15 



HARBOR POLICE PATROL 
By Herman M. Williams, Commander 

Almost as soon as our country had declared war in 1917, 
it became evident to the Mayor and Police Commissioners 
of New Rochelle that our large water front, lined with 
valuable and important property, and our harbors were 
almost entirely unprotected against troublemakers, — 
those who might seek to destroy property. 

A conference was held between the police commissioners 
and the heads of local yachting organizations, resulting 
in an invitation to members of the New Rochelle Yacht 
Club, the Huguenot Yacht Club, the yachtsmen of the 
New York Athletic Club, and the Hudson Park Yacht 
Club, to attend a meeting for the purpose of discussing the 
situation. 

As a result of this meeting, which was held at Police 
Headquarters, an organization was immediately formed, 
to be known as the "New Rochelle Harbor Police Patrol." 
Its line of operation was determined upon, its officers were 
elected, and plans for the starting of its work were made. 
These plans were carried out unchanged during the period 
of the organization's active work. 

A pledge was given to the police commissioners that an 
active patrol of both of our harbors would be maintained 
from the date determined upon, April 28th, less than a week 
after forming the organization, until the ist of October, 

226 



HARBOR POLICE PATROL 227 

and if at that time it seemed necessary to continue the 
work, that the organization would respond to whatever 
further call the commissioners might deem necessary. 

The plans of organization and operation were made as 
simple as possible consistent with efficiency. No offices 
were created that did not carry with them definite re- 
sponsibility and continuous active service. 

The corps of officers consisted of: 

A Commander. 

An Adjutant. 

Two Lieutenant Commanders — one for each harbor. 

Two Lieutenants — one to assist each Lieutenant Com- 
mander. 

The owners of yachts who volunteered the use of their 
boats were created ensigns, and put in charge of crews 
consisting of from four to six men each. 

It was the duty of the Ensign and his crew to be on 
board the boat to be used for the night as a station boat; 
to be on the station at the entrance to the harbor promptly 
at eight o'clock in the evening; to divide his crew into two 
shifts, or watches, one of which should patrol the water- 
front of that harbor and vicinity in either a row boat or a 
small motor boat, one man of the crew to remain on watch 
on the station boat, the other members resting until the 
time came for them to take up patrol work. All members 
of the crew were obliged to report, and remain on duty all 
night, so as to be ready to immediately answer call in case 
of need. 

Station boats while on duty at night carried a green 
light, and were usually provided with searchlights. In 
the day time the station boats were designated by a green, 
police department flag. A form of report sheet, or 
blotter, was adopted, and a copy of the report of each 
night's patrol filed at Police Headquarters. 



228 NEW ROCHELLE: HER TART IN THE CREAT WAR 

The work was done in both harbors strictly in accord 
with the promises made to the police commissioners, and 
without a break, up to October ist, after which time the 
commissioners telt that the need ot such sacrifice as was 
made by the men need not be continued; but the organiza- 
tion was maintained subject to call tor further organized 
duty at a minute's notice. 

While the Harbor Patrol in its work did not come in 
contact with actual battle conditions, it did accomplish 
a great deal ot good work, and may have pre\onted a con- 
siderable amount ot damage. 

Fort Slocum at that time was crowded with men; it was 
the most important recruiting station in the east tor a long 
time at the beginning of the war. On several occasions the 
Commandant of Fort Slocum had conferences with officers 
of the Harbor Patrol with reference to the protection of the 
water supply, which was by pipe trom the mainland, and 
also as to the cable communications. These important 
points were carefully watched throughout the night by the 
Patrol. The electric light plant and the coal and lumber 
yards were also kept under close observation. 

One of the first things accomplished by the Patrol, and 
insisted upon throughout its period of activity, was ob- 
servance of the Federal I. aw as to the carrying ot lights on 
all types of boats when being used at night, — a law which 
had been disregarded to a very great extent. The 
enforcement of this regulation, it is true, was not always a 
pleasant duty, exciting the wrath, as it often did, of loving 
couples, and of some inconsiderate boatmen; but it was not 
long before they came to respect the law and to willingly 
obey it. 

Too much praise cannot be given the members ot the 
crews who faithfully performed the duty to which they had 
pledged themselves, the organization being limited in 



HARHOR POLICE PATROL 229 

numbers so that practically every man was required to 
serve at intervals of about one week apart. The men of 
the Patrol wore no distinctive uniform when on duty, as it 
was believed more effective work could be accomplished as 
plain-clothes men. 

On cold or stormy nights a prearranged signal would 
frequently bring a boat containing what appeared to be a 
pair of Arctic Explorers, or of desperate appearing charac- 
ters armed to the teeth, but under the bundle of old 
clothes, worn for comfort and to insure readiness to go 
overboard if need be, you would find a man of large affairs 
doing his bit toward showmg to the world that our coun- 
try was ready for any trouble that might threaten. The 
work was not without its pleasant side. The close fellow- 
ship which resulted from the manner in which the work 
was done created many binding ties of friendship. 

While it was planned that those who were to go on duty 
on the second watch were expected to "turn in" promptly 
after reaching their station, and get their rest until the 
time they were to relieve the first crew, this rarely occurred. 
Upon the return of the first crew usually a lunch was in- 
dulged in, and the second watch would depart with the 
probability that the first would remain awake until morn- 
ing. This meant the loss of an entire night's rest about 
once a week; and it is to the credit of these business men 
that notwithstanding the hardship and unpleasantness 
under conditions of storm and cold, rarely was a complain- 
ing word heard. 

A large cutter type of yacht was generously offered to 
the Patrol for use as a station boat. This boat was perma- 
nently moored at the entrance of the lower harbor. The 
crew which first boarded this craft for duty did so proudly; 
but when one watch "turned in" for much needed rest it 
was found that the craft had inhabitants they knew not of, 



230 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

but whose presence was soon manifest. While their stories 
as to the size or classification of the insects never did agree, 
it is assumed that they were a species of salt water cootie. 
Prompt fumigation made more comfortable the work of 
later patrols. 

The Patrols were frequently visited by Lieutenant 
Smith, and other officials of the Department, and no mat- 
ter what the hour of the night, their signal was always 
promptly answered. The Patrols were also visited several 
times by the Mayor and members of the Board of Com- 
missioners. 

On July 4th the men took part in the big parade and 
celebration, and this was the only part of their work that 
was reluctantly performed. As men of the water, marching 
in good order on land was to them next to the impossible, 
but Lieutenant Smith, with wonderful skill, whipped them 
into presentable shape as the result of two evenings of 
what was doubtless the hardest work he ever did, with the 
result that in their yachting caps, blue coats, and white 
trousers, they made a fine showing. 

Immediately after the completion of the active work, a 
dinner for the organization was given at the New York 
Athletic Club, when the members presented to Lieutenant 
Smith a token of their esteem for him, as the close in- 
timacy with the Lieutenant had endeared him to the hearts 
of all, — not only as a competent police ofiicial, but as a 
man. The organization was bound so closely together as 
the result of its method of organization and of work that 
it remained practically intact until the fall of 1919, when 
it received instructions to report for disbandment. 

Prior to responding to this call, the Patrol met for a 
dinner at the New Rochelle Yacht Club, and had as its 
guest the Mayor of our City. He expressed the desire that 
the organization be continued, and at the meeting called 



HARBOR POLICE PATROL 23 I 

for the purpose of disbandment; it was decided to reduce 
it in numbers, and to continue it subject to call for duty 
by the Police Department in case of any local trouble. 

The organization was financed entirely through con- 
tributions made by the Yacht Clubs, and nominal dues 
paid by its members. Over ten of the original members 
resigned to enter either the army or navy. 

The principal officers of the organization as originally 
elected and appointed served without change throughout 
the active work of the Patrol, and in the continuance of the 
organization. 

The personnel of the organization was as follows: 

Commander 
Herman M. Williams 

Adjutant 
Edwin H. Tucker 

Lieutenant Commander for Upper Harbor 
Charles A. Marsland 

Lieutenant 
Chester N. Stevens 

Lieutenant Commander for Lower Harbor 
George H. Bell 

Lieutenant 
Harry Anderson 

Edward P. Abbott W. J. Adams 

Edwin J. Benson Herbert M. Betts 

Harry A. Bliven Malcolm W. Bodine 

Clinton Brittell Thomas J. Canty 



232 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 



Oscar H. Chellborg 
W. L. Clark 
W. \V. Coleman 
Frank B. Draper 
Maurice Egerton 
William L. Elliott 
Augustus Embury 
Clyde Forsythe 
Frank Garrett 
Charles H. Gockler 
John J. Green 
\V. D. Hatch, Jr. 
Madison G. Hawke 

D. O. Haynes 
Henry Houghton 
A. B.Hubbell 
W. M. Johnston 
L. C. Ketchum, Jr. 
William E. Knox 
Edwin W. L<apham 
Horace D. Lapham 

E. R. Leaycraft 
Frederick B. Lewis 
A. B. McGil 

S. A. Mallette 
George H. Mohr 
Henry H. Moulton 
Eugene C. Myrick 
George E. Neumann 
Wilmot M. Paterson 
George C. Porter 
Norman Rockwell 
William R. Romaine 
E. A. Sanford 



Roy L. Clark 
Theodore I. Coe 
Albert M. Cornell 
Andrew B. Durvea 
W. H. J. Ehler ' 
S. G. Ellis 
James H. Floyd 
Frederick Gade 
E. J. Giannini 
David C. Grant 
J. W. Green 
Herbert Hatfield 
Woodhull Hay 
H. IM. Hirschberg 
G. C. Howe 
Henry A. Jackson 
M. S. Kattenhorn 
C. O. King. 
W. F. Kolbe 
E. B. Lapham 
C. E. Lauten 
David H. Lenox 
Harry E. McCormick 
C. L.' MacLeod 
Ashley Miller 
J. C. Montgomery 
H. K. Murphv 
C. F. Nield 
Andrew Paterson 
Paul H. Pilgrim 
C. S. Roberts 
S. AL Romaine 
R. Rumsey 
H. W. Sanford 



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233 



James W. Scholey 
A. D. Seymour, Jr. 
Robert I. Smythe 
Charles H. Sunderland 
H. R. Van Rensselaer 
C. M. Weaver 
J. G. Wentz 
F. B. Whaley 
Clarence B. Wilkes 



William A. Scholey 
P. O. Smith 
Walter S. Sullivan 
Charles P. Tolman 
George E. Vigoroux 
E. T. Wells ^ 
Charles F. Wernig 
J. H. H. Wheeler 
William J. Winter 



AMERICAN RED CROSS MOTOR CORPS 



By Miss Teresa J. Carter, ist Lieut. 

The New Rochelle Detachment of the American Red 
Cross Motor Corps was organized May, 191 5, by Mrs. 
Paul Stilhnan. In June, Teresa J. Carter was com- 
missioned 1st Lieut, and Commanding Officer. Eieut. 
Carter was ably assisted by Elroy Foot Bradford as 
Top Sergeant, and later by Hester Bill Brown as 2d Lieut. 

Following is the original Roll Call: 

Carter, Teresa J., ist. Lieut. Kazanjian, B., Pvt. 

Brown, Hester Bill, i'r/L/V/^/. Laird, Lillian, Pvt. 

Bradford,ElroyFoot,ro/)<S'^/. Lopez, Edna, Pvt. 
Schley, Flora, Sgt. 



Farwell, Dolly, Corp. 
Frantz, Henrietta, Corp. 
Whiting, Edna, Corp. 
Woolf, Selma, Corp. 
Brown, Betty, Pvt. 
Calderon, C, Pvt. 
Cox, C. P., Pvt. 
Dahlerup, Ida Gro, Pvt. 
Dillion, E. R., Pvt. 
Hanson, Emma, Pvt. 
Hawley, Emily, Pvt. 
Hunter, A. A., Pvt. 
Hunter, Helen Berry, Pvt. 
Locelyn, A., Pvt. 



Macartney, Maud, Pvt. 
Menkel, Marguerite, Pvt. 
MofFett, Harriet, Pvt. 
Mooney, Katy, Pvt. 
McCardell, F.', Pvt. 
Ogden, Dorothy, Pvt. 
Pritchard, Gwendoline, Pvt. 
Smith, H. E., Pvt. 
Swift, Ida, Pvt. 
Stiles, E., Pvt. 
Lindsley, Emily F., Pvt. 
Stillman, Ruth, Pvt. 
McGeachin, Flora, Pvt. 
Nesbit, Helen, Pvt. 
Forbes, Joanne, Pvt. 
234 



AMERICAN RED CROSS MOTOR CORPS 



235 



The following volunteers helped the Motor Corps during 
the " Flu" epidemic and other emergencies by driving their 
own cars: 

Mrs. James K. McGuire Miss Helen Reynolds 
Miss Virginia Postlewaite Mrs. C. S. Weller 
Mrs. Charles Burrill 

Many members resigned before or right after the Arm- 
istice. The heaviest and hardest work started after 
November 11, 191 8, when the wounded boys returned. 
The following members remained to the finish 



Aids 

Hanson, Emma Berry 
Forbes, Jeanne 
Lopez, Edna 
Pritchard, Gwendoline 
Swift, Ida 



Active 

Carter, Teresa, J. 
Brown, Hester Bill 
Bradford, Elroy Foot 
Frantz, Henrietta 
Brown, Betty 
Dahlerup, Ida Gro 
Laird, Lillian 
Lindsley, Emily 
Menkel, Marguerite 
Moffett, Harriet 
McGeachin, Flora 
Mooney, Katy 
Nesbit, Helen 
Woolf, Selma 



The work was not as interesting at first as was expected; 
all were anxious for the promised Dock Work, which did 
not come until November, 191 8. The real work only 
started after the Armistice. Up to that time it was all 
local Red Cross transportation, which included taking 



236 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

work to the many auxiliaries. All finished work was taken 
from 84 North Avenue to the Library to be packed, trips 
were made to the supply store at White Plains for material 
and packing cases, and to the Atlantic Division and whole- 
sale houses in New York. 

The Motor Corps collected all the garments for the 
Belgian Relief drives, peach pits, tin-foil, old rubber, 
magazines, books, records, anything in fact wanted by the 
Red Cross. They went to Yonkers and New York for the 
soldiers' garments to be mended, and when finished took 
them back. 

The summer of 191 8 every Saturday at noon, ten of the 
members would report at the Base Hospital, Pelham Bay, 
and take the wounded Marines and sailors to the 177th 
Street Subway, for their week-end liberty. The Corps 
took active part in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross 
membership drives, in New Rochelle and New York. 
Twice a week they had Infantry and Stretcher Drill for 
military discipline and training in the handling of stret- 
chers. 

The equipment consisted of a Ford Ambulance pre- 
sented by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. B. Crawford, a Ford truck 
on duty every day, loaned by Mr. Price, a large Packard 
Ambulance loaned by Mr. Columbus O'Donnel Iselin, a 
Dodge Ambulance presented by some loyal citizens, a 
Ford Sedan presented by the Garden Club, and a one- 
ton truck loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Crawford. 

From June i, 19 18 to September i, 19 19 the New 
Rochelle Detachment covered 35,152.4 miles, worked 
6,969 hours, 55 minutes, carried 737 wounded men from 
the boats to Greenhuts, Grand Central Palace, and East- 
view, sixteen sailors from the dock at City Island to the 
Base Hospital. 

The Motor Corps worked every Sunday, Thanksgiving, 



AMERICAN RED CROSS MOTOR CORPS 237 

and Christmas in 191 8, taking the wounded boys to 
theater and dinner parties. Thanksgiving Day, 1918, 
sailors were taken from Pelham Bay to New York, and the 
wounded from Fox Hills, Staten Island, were brought to 
New York for dinner, and thence back, the Motor Corps 
returning to their own homes late at night. 

December 23, 19 18, a call came into the office for cars 
to take twenty-four wounded Marines to the Brooklyn 
Navy Yard for clothes, so that they could attend a Christ- 
mas Dinner Party in New York. A call also came to have 
both Ambulances report at Pier 45 at 7.30 a.m. where three 
boats loaded with wounded would dock, and all must be 
taken off so as to be on good x^merican soil for Christmas. 
Four private cars with Sergeant Bradford in charge were 
sent to Pelham Bay for the Marines and both ambulances 
left New Rochelle at 6.30 a.m., Ivieutenant Carter in 
charge. At three o'clock two boats were unloaded and 
all were in hopes we would be dismissed for the day, as 
word had reached Headquarters that the La France might 
not dock on account of fog; but word came that she was 
then coming up the harbor. It was seven o'clock before 
the first man was taken off. 

x'^bout seventy-five ambulances were assembled from 
New York, Westchester, New Jersey, and Brooklyn. The 
first wounded were taken to Grand Central Palace. It 
was a disagreeable drive from below iith Street to 46th 
Street, and the girls were not dismissed until three o'clock 
Christmas morning. Christmas day some of the girls 
reported in New York and took the men from Greenhuts 
and Grand Central Palace to dinner parties, the girls 
having their Christmas dinner at a hotel. 

In September, 191 8, Lieutenant Carter, Lieutenant 
Brown, Sergeant Bradford, and Private Dahlerup, with 
three other members from Westchester County, were sent 



238 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GUKA T WAK 

to Harttord to help organize a Corps tliere, Lieutcnaiu 
Carter and Sergeant Bradford going on to Syracuse with 
home service supphes. The entire trip was made with the 
Ford ambidance. 

Privates Laird and Woolt drove the canteen workers 
from New Rochelle to Perth Am boy at the time of the 
Morgan Explosion. Lieutenant Carter, with Bradford 
and Brown, were sent to Perth Amlxn- and ]nit on Ambul- 
ance duty there. The horrors ot the "Hu" added to 
the terrible distress resulting from the explosion. In the 
thick of the work Mrs. Kazanjian was forced to recall the 
workers to take charge of the Ambulance work at the Cit\ 
Hospital in New Rochelle. 

All calls sent in by Mrs. Kothe were answered by the 
Motor Corps. The girls, without, help doing their own 
carrying and lifting, sometimes carrying men and women 
down two or three flights of stairs. All canteen workers 
and nurses' aids were met and taken to and from the 
hospital. Morning and night Bradford, with the Vovd 
truck, was on duty, daily delivering food supplies from 
the R. C. Canteen. The Ford loaned by Mr. Prince was 
worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Crawford supplied a 
one-ton truck to deliver food supplies prepared by the 
teachers of Columbus school. 

As all army ambulance drivers at Gun Hill contracted 
the "flu," the Westchester Motor Corps was put on duty 
in charge of all ambulance work. New Rochelle was on 
duty every third day, Sundays and Holidays included. 
Every soldier or army nurse taken sick with "flu" in New 
York was taken to Gun Hill. The Motor Corps handled 
it all. They were also on duty at Pelham Bay during the 
epidemic there. 

The New Rochelle Detachment with the Dodge and 
Packard reported for every dock call. No member was 



AMERICAN RVA) CROSS Mf/fOR CORPS 239 

ever heard to complain of late hours, hard work, or hunger. 

The night before the 27th Division parade, the girls 
with their own cars reported at Eastview, where a ward 
was assigned to them for a few hours' sleep. They had to 
to be up at five, get their own breakfast in the Canteen, 
cars ready, wounded men in, and proceed to Washington 
Arch, New York, to fall in line. The Corps also drove the 
Eastview boys in the 77th Division parade, reporting at 
Eastview at 6 a.m. The Motor Corps also got their boys 
into New York for the Pershing parade. 

Westchester County did all the ambulance work at 
Eastview. The trains were met at Tarrytown Station, 
and wounded taken in K. C. Ambulances to Eastview. 
When Eastview closed, the Motor Corps took the men to 
the Hospital train at Tarrytown, while the more serious 
cases were taken in K. C. Ambulances to Gun Hill. 

One of the hardest days we had, and some of the worst 
cases we saw were the poor fellows we took from the Great 
Northern when she went aground off Fire Island. These 
boys were lifted over the side of the ship to subchasers and 
other boats, over whose decks the heavy sea was washing. 
Many of these poor fellows contracted pneumonia from 
exposure. They were brought to New York on tenders 
and taken to Greenhuts. We were told to have extra 
blankets ready to cover the boys when we got them in the 
ambulances. A driver noticed that one of the boys in her 
car looked so thin and asked if he would not like another 
blanket over his knees. He looked at her and smiling 
said, "No, I guess not. I have no legs now." 

On one of my trips that day I had a poor fellow who 
moaned and screamed all the way to the hospital, so that 
I was obliged to run in first speed. Every time he uttered 
a sound it was like a sword going right through my own 
and my companion's heart. When we got to Greenhuts, 



240 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE (.RE AT WAR 

I told him how sorry I was to have caused him a single 
extra pain, and he said, "It isn't you, it is just me. My 
side is full of tubes and the least little move hurts. We 
thought we were over the worst, but after all this going 
aground my nerve is gone." Is it any wonder? As a 
rule they were the happiest crowd one would want to meet, 
never complaining, always smiling; that is why the few 
sacrifices we could make we made so gladly. 

Another day the Motor Corps will not torget was March 
13, 1919, when the hospital ship Cow/or/ docked after being 
several days overdue. When we reached the pier, we 
found all the ambulances parked outside, but no sign of 
drivers and aides. Realizing that something was happen- 
ing we went to the end of the pier, just in time to see the 
America coming in. Much has been written to describe 
these transports as they came in, but no one who has not 
seen such an event can have any conception of the sight 
of those boys, hanging over the sides of the ship shouting 
and cheering full of the joy of life and the excitement of 
getting home. 

As the America was docking, word came that the Com- 
fort would dock at pier 45, and that the President Wilson 
would also dock in a few hours at pier 90, at 50th Street. 
So much was happening at once it seemed it could not all 
be handled. Fortunately, as always, Commander Doro- 
thy Smyley was in charge and knew her organization. 
Four cars were sent posthaste to pier 90, while the others 
stayed at pier 45 to take wounded off the America. Just 
as this was all finished the Comfort came in. Most of her 
passengers were below decks, forced to lie patiently on 
stretchers until carried ashore and put into our waiting 
ambulances. Let those who have not quite realized the 
extent or the serious side of the Motor Corps work imag- 
ine what that experience meant. To the driver of each 




Mrs. William Mason Harding 
First War President of the Woman's Club 



AMERICAN RED CROSS MOTOR CORPS 24 1 

ambulance, placed in a most responsible position of driving 
these heavy cars through New York's most crowded streets, 
with the feeling that every slightest jar or jolt might cause 
further pain to the boy lying inside, to the aide who rode 
on the steps to watch the patients and to guard against 
excited people jumping on the cars. 

x'\t Grand Central Palace, standing at the doors to wel- 
come these homecoming soldiers, were other Red Cross 
workers, men and women, whose fine work will go down in 
history as one of the beautiful things in connection with 
this war. It was eleven-thirty as the last ambulance 
drove up, neither we nor the boys had had any supper. 
There was our equipment to collect, blankets and stret- 
chers. The boys had to have their supper first, and we 
were told we could get our equipment next day. 

We went inside where the stretchers lined the floors of 
the great hospital rooms. We walked between rows of 
upturned faces — all bearing the marks of suffering — some 
boys would never walk again except on crutches, some with 
arms strapped in stiff iron braces, some blind, and a few 
who had been made like little children through shell shock. 
Those of us who were not in a hurry to get home, were 
allowed to help feed the boys who could not use their own 
hands. 

W^e felt that never again could we complain of anything 
in the face of so many trials borne by these boys without a 
murmur, and we have all been thankful that we were able 
to give what little we could to these boys who gave so 
much. 
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SECOND RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN 

By William Judson Clark, Chairman 

In the close of a masterful address delivered in New 
York, May i8, 1918,011 the occasion of the opening of the 
Red Cross $100,000,000 campaign, the President said, 
"I summon you to comradeship, I summon you in this 
next week to say how much and how sincerely and how 
unanimously you sustain the heart of the world." 

How wonderfully the city of New Rochelle responded 
to this summons is shown in the tabulation on page 247 of 
this chapter. 

In this great campaign for funds for the American Red 
Cross, the country was asked to subscribe one hundred 
million dollars of which four hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars was the amount named as the quota for West- 
chester County and New Rochelle's allotment was fifty 
thousand dollars. Notwithstanding the fact that New 
Rochelle had been called upon to meet exceptionally heavy 
demands, not only in the incidental stress of caring for, in 
many ways, the thousands of recruits who came to and 
through our city on the way to Fort Slocum and while 
encamped there and at Pelham Bay Naval Camp, but had 
made unusual efforts in answering to the bond drives in 
which the city had won the enviable record of always 
exceeding its quota and as being a community where 
there was always enough energy and enthusiasm left to 
put any worthy movement "over the top," New Rochelle 
rallied with spirit to the call. 

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William Judson Clark 

Chairman of The Second Red Cross Drive 
Chairman of The Seven Organization Drive 




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The planning and carrying out of a campaign, as seen 
from the inside, is most interesting. To the onlooker from 
the outside, all appears to run smoothly and without any 
seeming effort, but to the workers who from the inception 
of the movement are in touch with all of the preliminaries, 
it presents a different aspect. The problems to be met 
are the laying out of the general scheme, looking up and 
preparing the methods and men available for the ap- 
proach, the planning of the canvass, laying out of dis- 
tricts, naming leaders, enlisting the interest of workers 
who can efficiently and tactfully cover the respective 
fields, the planning of meetings and getting into the 
proper channels helpful propaganda, the preparing of 
interesting and appealing copy for the public press, the 
selection of desirable places for placard and poster display, 
the channels through which the societies, social clubs, 
fraternal organizations, churches, the merchants, the 
bankers, the city department employees may be reached, 
for all of which an advantageous point of contact must be 
found; the bringing to the attention of influential citizens 
the movement in such a manner as to get their enthusi- 
astic support, select a few who will underwrite the ex- 
penses of the campaign by reason of the fact that for 
weeks before a campaign is actually put in action in the 
field, work involving clerk hire, stationery, postage, etc., 
is begun. In fact the first letter starts an expense account 
which will run into hundreds of dollars which someone 
must be made responsible for. 

The chronology of the 2d Red Cross drive was given 
out in skeleton form from headquarters as follows: 

Friday — May lyth: Team Rally Dinner at 6.30 p.m at 

St. John's M. E. Church. 
Sunday — May iQth: Red Cross Sermons, in all churches' 



244 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

May 20th to 2'/th: Drive Period. Teams meet every 

evening (except Sunday) at 6.30 
o'clock at St. John's M. E. 
Church for dinner, rally, reports, 
inspirational conference, etc. 
Four-minute speakers and Money 
Hounds at Theaters each night. 

Frida\ — May 24th: Italian Red Cross Day. Celebra- 
tions, parades, rallies, and even- 
ing mass meeting in the Italian 
sections to commemorate the 
entrance of Italy into the great 
war, she having declared war on 
Austria-Hungary on May 23d, 
1915. 

Saturday — May 2^th: Red Cross Golf Day, Wykagyl 

Club, New Rochelle Tag Day. 

Sunday — May 26th: Mass Meeting Day throughout the 

Nation. Loew's Theater, New 
Rochelle, at 2.30 p.m.; national 
speakers. Fort Slocum Band, and 
other entertaining features. 

Monday- — May 2yth: Last day of drive and closing din- 
ner. 

This in brief was the outline of work for the week in 
which much was crowded, including the preparation and 
serving of a substantial dinner each evening ot the week in 
the parlors of the St. John's Church to about one hundred 
and twenty campaign workers. This work was all done 
by volunteers. The supplies were purchased and the food 
cooked and served bv a committee ot women under the 



SECOND RED CROSS WAR FUND ( AMPAIGN 245 

able leadership of Mrs. Louis Wilputte who acted as 
chairman, Mrs. C. S. Weller, who was made purchasing 
agent, and Mrs. Kenneth Clark, who superintended the 
service. The women rallied nobly for this work and all 
were carefully drilled so that no time was lost in serving 
the courses. Each of the ten teams had a table assigned 
to it and at these tables the respective lists were handed 
out to the captains together with the subscription cards, 
receipt books, forms for making the individual and team 
returns, giving detailed reports of calls niade the previous 
day; how much of the district assigned had been covered, 
and questions asked and answered as to the best method 
of future procedure. The treasurer, Mr. Edwin S. 
Bellows, and his assistants, Mr. H. A. Doering and Mr. 
A. L. Spears, made their headquarters at this meeting room 
where they nightly received the returns, checked off the 
statement sheets, proved the footings, counted the money, 
receipted for it, anci made it ready for the bank. This 
work required absolute accuracy and a most careful atten- 
tion to records — how much of a job this was will be appre- 
ciated when it is considered that many of the canvassers 
were unaccustomed to handling figures or making syste- 
matic records and the returns handed in were in every 
conceivable shape, vouchers, pledge cards, coupons from 
Liberty bonds, checks, bills, and coin of all denominations. 
A large bulletin board was installed in this dining-room 
at St. John's Church, giving the identifying number of 
the teams, the captain's name, and in the respective 
columns, the day's collections and the cumulative amount 
at the end of each day. A decorated table standard 
carrying the national colors and the legend " Banner 
Team " was competed for daily and each night the winning 
team had the honor of carrying the banner as a table 
decoration during the evening. Inspirational addresses 



246 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

were given, and early in the evening the teams were 
started out for the district calls. All of the expenses of 
these dinners were borne by three of the gentlemen con- 
nected with the Executive Committee, as it was understood 
that none of the money subscribed for this fund should 
be spent for this purpose or for newspaper advertising 
space. The women teams worked in conjunction with 
the men teams and the districts were thoroughly covered, 
the men working evenings and the women during the day. 
The original list from which the districts were canvassed 
were compiled by a special committee of five who got the 
names from the city directory, the telephone directory, 
and other available sources and this list was gone over by 
an appraisement committee which governed, in a meas- 
ure, the selection and approach of the canvasser. 

Through the courtesy of Judge John F. Lambden, head- 
quarters were secured in the Lambden Building on Lawton 
Street where the office manager, Mrs.W. J. Clark, and her 
assistants were installed. Office furniture was loaned to 
the committee by a local concern. Telephones were 
installed and attractive signs hung and all of the pre- 
lininary meetings of the Executive Committee were held 
in this place which was kept open practically night and 
day during the period of the drive, including Sundays. 

On Friday, May 17th, the local Red Cross branch gave 
an inspirational meeting in the Parish House of Trinity 
Church. At this meeting, Mrs. Clark gave a stirring 
address to the workers in the local branch who were en- 
rolled as workers in the coming drive, in which she urged 
each individual to do his or her utmost to make the drive 
a success. 

Mr. Frank J. Hermes of the publicity staff called a 
meeting of the merchants and addressed them in the in- 
terest of the drive and he secured pledges from most of 



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them to give 10% of one day's receipts as a contribution. 
Mr. Hermes provided display cards in two colors for use 
in the windows of the merchants who signed up tor the 
10% donation. A representative of Loew's Theater was 
one of the signers. 

During the drive, the Industrial Committee, of which 
Mr. E. J. Cordial was chairman, visited the various indus- 
trial plants in the city and enlisted the interests of the em- 
ployers and employees by addressing them at the noon 
hour or at the time of closing in the evening when the 
employees were assembled to hear the Red Cross message 
delivered by the members ot the Industrial Committee. 

On May 23, 191 5, Italy declared war on Austria- 
Hungary and as the third anniversary ot this day came 
within the Red Cross Drive week, it was thought fitting 
to have a demonstration which would be worthy ot the 
occasion. With this in view, a parade and mass meeting 
were arranged, and through the energetic work ot the Pub- 
licity Committee the enthusiasm of the citizens was 
aroused sufficiently to bring about the very general decora- 
tion of the stores and houses along the proposed line of 
march as well as impressive displays of flags throughout 
the city. This Italian-American turned out to be one 
of the most impressive days that New Rochelle has seen. 

The local Italians gave hearty cooperation to the move- 
ment and the Italian organizations as such and the indi- 
viduals made the day one that will long live in the memory 
of our Italian contingent. Shortly after seven o'clock 
P.M. the parade moved past the City Hall where they were 
reviewed by the Mayor, Common Council, and other digni- 
taries. From here they proceeded to the Columbus 
School where a mass meeting was held. The building was 
so crowded that it was necessary to hold overflow meet- 
ings on the adjacent grounds. Among the speakers on this 



SECOND RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN 249 

occasion were Mayor Waldorf, John W. Lieb, Jr., former 
Mayor Raymond, Coroner Stella, and several of the local 
clergymen. Four sailors from an Italian man-of-war 
anchored in the harbor were sent to the meeting. Their 
advent upon the platform was a stirring event and they 
were acclaimed by their fellow countrymen with the 
characteristic fervor of a people of the Latin race. These 
sailors had all seen service. They told in a plain and con- 
vincing way the story of the war from their angle and 
their ingenuous, earnest manner impressed the audience 
deeply. 

About all of the organizations of the city of New 
Rochelle had units represented in the parade. George 
Fanelli was Marshal and his aide was Joseph Mancusi. 
They were followed by Leo Ferrara who was chairman of 
the Italian-American Day Committee and his staff and 
the City Councilmen. One of the interesting features 
was men costumed to represent the allied nations. Aside 
from wearing the distinctive national costume each one 
carried the flag of his country and each man in the parade 
was furnished with a small Italian flag which he carried. 
They were followed by a contingent of men who were to 
leave on the following Monday for National Army training 
camps. Among these were delicate looking fellows of 
the clerical class and sturdy laborers whose hands were 
bronzed and hard from exposure; vastly different elements, 
soon to be fused into one mass for a more serious purpose 
than any had ever faced before, but be it remembered that 
none of these men shambled along, but with set faces and 
swinging gait stepped out like veterans under the inspira- 
tion of martial music, and the- plaudits of the onlookers. 
Many of these men had mother, sister, or sweetheart 
watching them with prayerful faces that day and in their 
presence these modern crusaders took on a proud air. 



250 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

The Red Cross Division made a notable showing; at 
its head marched Mrs. Bedros Kazanjian, president of 
the Local Red Cross, and Mr. J. W. Lieb, Jr., vice- 
president of the local branch, as aide. There were some 
seventy-five members of the Italian Ladies Auxiliary in 
line. 

The School Division was headed by Dr. Albert Leonard 
and John E. Vincent, both prominent High School workers 
in New Rochelle. There were about five hundred school 
children in this division including the Boy Scouts and the 
Junior Naval Reserves. 

The fraternal societies were marshaled by Richard 
F. X. Dooley and in this division were members of the 
Knights of Columbus as a color guard. All of the Italian 
societies, of which there are a considerable number in New 
Rochelle, were in line. Fire Commissioner Nestler had 
charge of the Municipal Division and in his division were 
many members of the street department and fire depart- 
ment. A beautifully decorated Red Cross truck, lighted 
by large storage batteries within and without and carrying 
the well known Harrison Fisher Red Cross poster and Red 
Cross legends, was a feature of the parade. The march 
was enlivened by a number of excellent bands and this 
preliminary to the Red Cross Tag Day (the following day) 
was no doubt accountable for the wonderful response to 
the fair taggers on Saturday May 25th when all day long 
girls and women in white uniforms and with headdress 
carrying the Red Cross insignia thronged the streets. 
The tag day returns were beyond all expectations of the 
committee and amounted to I6307. 

Some of the interesting figures in connection with the 
tag day is the record of the kind of money handled, and also 
indicate the detail work that was thrown into the Lawton 
St. headquarters staff and the treasurer's office to handle. 



SECOND RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN 25 1 

The coin sorted, counted, and rolled numbered 22,709 
pieces as follows: 

Cents, 5,520 

Nickels 6,201 

Dimes, 5,883 

Quarters, 3,620 

Halves, 485 

which took fully two days to handle and make ready for 
the bank. 

On Sunday, May 25th, a mass meeting was held at 
Loew's Theater at which the motion picture "The Spirit 
of the Red Cross," a story written by James Montgomery 
Flagg, was shown. One of New Rochelle's gifted artists, 
Mrs. Almiretta W, GrifFen, the well known concert 
soprano, sang in their respective native tongues the na- 
tional airs of the Allies while a beautiful stage picture was 
presented by a group of young women wearing the dis- 
tinctive national dress. The tableau was made more 
effective by the presence of a United States sailor and a 
"doughboy." Mr. C. S. Shumway acted as precentor 
for the chorus singing during the evening. The chief 
speaker of the meeting was Major J. A. Belton, an officer 
of the English army and a hero of several wars, who had 
seen some of the fiercest fighting during the present 
struggle. He told a gripping story of his experiences at 
Verdun, Vimy Ridge, the Somme, and painted a graphic 
picture of the terrific struggle of the English troops at 
Gallipoli. A dramatic moment of this evening's program 
was when the boys from Pelham Bay Naval Camp who 
made up the band of forty musicians played the national 
anthem in which the audience heartily joined in singing 
while Major Belton, a commanding figure in his field 



252 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

officer's uniform, stood like a bronze statue at the saluting 
position. This dramatic episode gave to everyone present 
a thrill which lasted through the evening and kept the 
enthusiasm at its highest pitch. Major Belton spoke of 
the wonderful camaraderie which had grown up among the 
British soldiers on the western front where he fought 
shoulder to shoulder with those whom in former wars he 
had met as enemies, he having been through the South 
African campaign against the Boers. All oi those dif- 
ferences, he said, had been forgotten in this great cause 
against humanity's common enemy. He told an interest- 
ing incident that occurred somewhere on the front when 
he went out one night into "no man's land" and came 
upon a crouching figure. He called upon the man to 
surrender and led him back within the British lines where 
he found him to be an American motion picture man look- 
ing for real scenario stuff. The man declared that he had 
been in the country but two days. Major Belton re- 
marked, "If you are the type of men America is sending 
us, God help the Boche, when you Americans get into 
it." Another feature of the evening was the auction sale 
of a number of canvases by well known artists most of 
whom were residents of New Rochelle. These pictures 
brought bids well up in the hundreds of dollars and were 
the works of J. C. Leyendecker, Orson Lowell, C. Coles 
Phillips, and Geo. Giguere, as well as several sketches by 
Frederick Opper and Clare A. Briggs and one or two 
others made by soldiers in the trenches. 

The story of the wind-up dinner of the canvassing force 
and headquarters organization is worthy of a separate 
story. The event was one which brought the campaign 
to a close in a blaze of glory and a clamor of wild enthu- 
siasm. Announcements were made of the results of the 
theater drives, tag day collections, and other outstanding 



SECOND RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN 253 

events. As the team captains announced the amount col- 
lected by their respective teams, the excitement ran high, 
and as the amount crossed the ninety thousand dollar mark, 
the enthusiasm was intense. The amount crept up to 
ninety-three thousand dollars ; the culmination of the teams' 
returns came when the chairman carried the meeting to 
a tumultuous riot of ecstasy by producing two five thousand 
dollar checks which had been handed to him earlier in the 
evening, secured through the efforts of Mr. Lewis Iselin of 
the Executive Committee, which was only a part of what 
Mr. Iselin had contributed or secured by his personal 
efforts. When the one hundred thousand dollar mark 
was passed and the slogan fulfilled of "Watch us double 
it," staid old stagers jumped to their feet and danced about 
and hugged their next neighbors. The speakers were in 
their happiest vein and until late at night congratulations 
were exchanged by the workers and managers. A vote of 
thanks was given to Dr. Beattys and the St. John's Church 
people for the generous part which they played in the 
drive, felicitations were expressed among the executives; 
the leaders were especially thanked, the serving force and 
the cooks, and thus came to an end one of the most 
successful war drives ever put over in this or any other 
city. 

For the purposes of comparison a tabulation was 
made up under date of June 24, 191 8, at the West- 
chester County Chapter headquarters showing the quotas 
and subscriptions obtained in the various Westchester 
County communities. These figures show that of the 
$450,000 asked for in Westchester County, the three 
cities Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle, and Yonkers were 
asked to raise forty-four per cent or two hundred thou- 
sand dollars. 



254 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

The allotments and results were given as follows: 





Quota 


Subscribed 


^c ol Quota 


Mount Vernon 


$ 50,000 


$ 7^,364--4 


145% 


New Rochelle 


50,000 


105,102.49 


210% 


Yonkers 


100,000 


165,978.60 


166% 



The picture of the bulletin board shown on another 
page of this chapter indicates that the total amount of 
pledges recorded up to the time of the closing dinner was 
$105,371. Installments on subscriptions were payable 
July I, August I, September i, and October i, 1918. 
Shortly after the close of the drive, the pledge cards, 
receipt books and stubs, bank books, and all records made 
in connection with the campaign were turned over to the 
New Rochelle local Red Cross branch and the final ac- 
counting made by Mrs. H. M. Miller, treasurer, shows 
that 99ro P^i" cent of the pledged money was paid. 
Truly a wonderful showing and one of which the citizens 
of New Rochelle may well be proud. 




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FLOWER, PLANT, AND FRUIT GUILD 

By Mrs. Wm. R. Pitt 

The New Rochelle Flower Guild is one of the many 
branches of the National Plant, Flower, and Fruit Guild. 
The head office is at 70 Fifth Avenue, New York City, 
and it was through that office that our first war work was 
sent to France. Fifty-seven fiber cups of jelly were con- 
tributed to the National Guild, 9166 cups shipped across 
during the early fall of 1917, some to the children of 
France, some to the wounded in hospitals. Our twenty 
years of earnest work as a Guild found us prepared and 
ready to do our part in the Great War. We joined forces 
with the National Guild in the Great Pageant of Hero 
Land or Over the Top with the Allies. One afternoon and 
evening in the Persian Garden, the Guild's booth was given 
by the New Rochelle Branch. Ambassador and Mrs. 
Walter Page, New Rochelle residents at one time and 
friends of the Guild, cabled from London, England, accept- 
ing our invitation to be patrons of our Persian Garden. 
Mrs. Wheeler H. Peckham acted as hostess, Mrs. Wm. 
R. Pitt was chairman, and Mrs. Steddiford Pitt, assistant 
chairman. The following young ladies in Persian costumes 
dispensed oriental beverages from a Persian well and sold 
jellies to be sent to France, potpourri, etc.: 

Afternoon Committee 

Miss Elizabeth Dunham 
Miss Laura Peck 
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256 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Miss Eugenia Wells 
Miss Dahlerup 
Miss Julia Wells 

Evening Committee 

Miss Adelaide Snider 
Miss Ella Rixson 
Miss Marie Farnham 
Miss Dorothea Hallett 
Mrs. C. Van Ranst 

The Guild cleared $1,886.44, '" which we helped by 
donating jellies, flowers, flower center pieces, sachets, etc., 
for sale, besides the personal assistance ot our members. 
Ulrica Rixson in charge of tickets. Flower Committee, 
Mrs. Lucius Hitchcock. 

On October 2, 191 7, we received a letter from Chaplain 
John N. Marks, of Pelham Bay Naval Reserve Station, 
forwarded from the National Ofiice, New York, asking 
for flowers to place in the navy hospital on Sundays. 
We were invited by the National Guild to take charge of 
supplying this Naval Station with flowers and comforts. 
We considered it a great honor. The following day we took 
jelly and flowers to Chaplain Mark and continued to 
make bi-weekly contributions until the camp closed. A 
committee of ladies gave the automobile service necessary. 
Mrs. Charles Burrill, Mrs. C. Snider, Mrs. Rosenbaum, 
Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Lee Lash, and Mrs. Mullen. Also 
Mrs. Wolfl" and Mrs. Hawley of the New Rochelle Motor 
Corps. Without the efficient help of this committee, our 
jellies and flowers would not have reached the men who so 
appreciated them, besides our joy of personal delivery. 
W'e supplied flowers for decorations at the opening of the 
New Camp Library. We supplied one bushel of carrots and 



FLOWER, PLANT, AND FRUIT GUILD 257 

one hundred pounds of grapes to the Pelham Bay Base 
Hospital, and twelve quart bottles of fruit juice to the 
patients, in October, 191 8. We loaned forty-eight small 
vases for bedside tables in the hospital, fifteen large ones 
for larger bouquets, also baskets. 

A very important part of the National Guild's work 
during the war was the planting of War Camp gardens. 
We approached Commander Franklin of Pelham Bay 
Camp on the subject, and the following was his response: 

September 18, 1918. 

"My dear Mrs. Pitt: 

"Referring to your favor of the 17th inst., 1 would 
certainly appreciate any cooperation you can give in 
the supplying of trees, flowers, plants, shrubs, etc., to 
this camp. 

"I will suggest that you see Lieut. Commander Muir 
who has charge of the grounds as First Lieutenant and 
also Lieutenant Cornwell, who you will find very much 
interested. 

"Yours very truly, 

"Wm, Franklin, 

''Com. U. S.N. R.F:' 

Plants and bulbs for fall planting were donated by: 

Mrs. FouGNER, President 

Mrs. W. H. Peckham 

Mrs. Frank Thurman, Larchmont Garden Club 

Mrs. C. Spalding 

Mrs. L. Hitchcock 

Mrs. W. R. Pitt 

Mrs. Laderburger 

Mrs. Goldsmith 

Mrs. Henderson 

Mrs. Wagner 



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One hundred Howering potted plants were given by Miss 
Georgine Iselin. 

At Christmas time we carried down many flowers, 
ieUies, partridge-berry bowls, and a small Christmas tree, 
decorated and hung with miniature gifts, which brought 
us an appreciative letter from the head medical 
Captain. 

At Easter time — April 19, 1919, wc presented to the 
patients jellies, flowers, potted plants, and two hundred 
Easter cards. 

Of course we found many interesting men in our visits 
to the wards. Space will not admit of recounting many of 
them. One very young boy, alone in the world, who had 
broken his leg and hnally lost it, truly enjoyed the tiny 
Christmas tree, and greatly loved our goodies. ^Ve had 
the joy of knowing that he was adopted by a flne woman, 
who intended to place him in a vocational school and give 
him a chance in life, which he had never had previously. 

Two most interesting young men claimed our loving 
attention, aviators who had broken their backs and lay in 
plaster casts for Ave months. We took them a Japanese 
garden, a partridge-berry bowl, candies, games, maga- 
zines, flowers, etc. 

The many expressions ot pleasure from men whose 
family and friends were from mostly far away States was 
an impetus to us to do our very utmost in our branch ot 
relief. 

We planned to plant a memorial court or avenue ot 
trees in honor of the magniflcent work done in that camp. 

With the signing of the armistice and the uncertain 
conditions oi' the war, the memorial tree planting has been 
postponed until the flnal disposition of the camp buildings, 
and the returning of the Park to the Commissioner. Then 
we desire to arrantie a suitable memorial which will be 



FLOWKK, PLANT, AND FRUIT (iUILD 259 

planned jointly by the Park Commissioner and the Cniild 
Committee. The members of this committee formed in 
fall, 191s, were: 

Mrs. W. R. Prrr 

Miss ISKLIN 

Mrs. De Lancev Kane 

Mrs. Lewis Iselin 

Miss Ruth Cole 

Mrs. John Trov 

Mrs. John Hanna, Pelham Manor 

Miss Mary C. Bjssell 

Mrs. C. T. Church 

Mrs. Lewis C. Richards 

Mrs. Charles ]). Spalding 

In October, 1918, we gave two days' time and a com- 
mittee of ladies attended the Land Army Drive in two 
stores on Main Street, and collected $25.00 for the Cause. 

Our usual annual collection of flowers for Memorial 
Day was augmented by members of A. E. F., victims of 
the present war who had paid in full, and the Special 
Committee of Memorial Day requested us to make three 
hundred large bouquets to decorate the soldiers graves. 
These bouquets were made by several committees in 
different sections of the city and the children in several 
public schools. These were gathered together on the 
porch of Trinity Parish House, Thursday afternoon, May 
09, 1919; from there they were taken by the Memorial 
Day Special Committee, and placed with a new American 
flag upon the grave of each soldier in eight cemeteries. 
Before delivery to the G. A. R., the flowers were arranged 
in a formation at the end of the Parish House porch and 
this photograph taken of them by Mrs. Robinson, of New 
Rochelle, her gift to the cause. 



20O NEW KOCHELLK: HER FAKT IN THE CKEAU WAR 

On Memorial Day, a large bouquet and a Sr. Quetuin 
honor card was delivered to the nearest of kin of every 
New Rochelle man who had paid in full, by ladies ot the 
Guild, and many were the loving tears shed by both giver 
and receiver at the touching memorial. 

Committee in charge of bouquets: Mrs.\N . R. Pitt, chair- 
woman; Mrs. Rosenbaum, Mrs. Adam Frank, chairwoman 
committee for Parent-Teachers' Association from Public 
Schools; Mrs. G. Snyder, Miss Brandes, Mrs. Hohle, Miss 
Rixon, Miss Timpson, Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. R. Nichaus, 
and others. 

Our work did not cease with the signing ot the armis- 
tice, but has continued to the present time and will con- 
tinue as long as there is the slightest need ot our aid in 
any way. 

Officers of the New Rochelle Branch of the National 
Plant, Flower, and Fruit Guild: 

Honorary President, Mrs. Df. I.ancv A. Kane 

President^ Mrs. William Rafford Pitt 

JVar rice-Presidenf, Mrs. Bedros Kazaxjiax 

rice-PresidenfSy Mrs. NVheeler H. Peckham 

Mrs. Roger McSwefnfv 
Miss Louise Brandes 
Treasurer, Mrs. E. T. Wells 

Correspondifig Secretary, Mrs. Frank Thi rnl\n 
Record 171 z Seer etarw M i s s K a t h f r i n f T i f s o n 



BENEVOLKNT AND PROTECTIVK OROKR 
OF ELKS 

Hy Edward A. Skinner, Srnrtcny 

The first activities of New Rochelle Lodge of Elks in 
connection with the war were under the call for the drill 
of citizens iii niilitary maneuvers, a company of about 
fifty members having been organized in April, 1917, which 
drilled in the Lodge Room for several months under the 
instruction of officers from Fort Slocum. The use of the 
Lodge Room for drilling purposes by other organizations 
was also offered the city authorities and accepted and 
the hall was so used when rain prevented out-of-door drill. 
In these early days the Lodge was also represented by 
a number of its members in the Home Defense Corps 
and the Harbor Police. 

More than fifty per cent, of the members of the Lodge 
who served Uncle Sam during the war were volunteers 
and the first Service Flag raised at the Club on Banks 
Street on Thanksgiving Day, 1917, had thirty stars on it. 
A number of those represented by these stars were 
already in France, and the Lodge therefore early in the fall 
organized its War Service Committee, to look after 
the comfort and well being o( its members in the service 
and also of their relatives at home if the need should arise. 
This committee was indefatigable from the time of its 
appointment to the end of the war in keeping in touch 
with the men overseas and in the camps in this country. 

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262 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Smokes and sweets and other supplies were constantly 
on the way to them and a monthly letter was written each 
ot them. The committee also visited and attended to the 
personal needs of our members and other Elks in the 
camps near enough to New Rochelle to be accessible, and 
relief and assistance were also extended to many soldiers 
not members of the order. Members of the Lodge who 
serv^ed on this committee at different times during its 
activity were Wm. H. MacCoUin, Loughlin J. Rice, Ed- 
mund Hume, Frederick E. Bermas, Edward D. Waterson, 
Hugh C. Harris, Wm. C. Krumrcy, Edward L. Doering, 
and Edward A. Carroll, and the Lodge is very grateful to 
them for their untiring and effective services. 

The Club was naturally the rendezvous of members of 
the order from all over the country who for varying lengths 
of time were stationed at nearby camps and men from 
Maine fraternized with others from Florida or from Cali- 
fornia and even from far Honolulu. Thousands of them 
had the privileges ot the club and its conveniences in 
arranging their financial and other personal affairs. Many 
letters ol appreciation have been received from them since 
tor the courtesies extended. 

The foregoing is but a brief summary of the Lodge's 
war work for the benefit of its own members or other 
members of the order. In general patriotic work it started 
in the first Liberty Loan campaign with a special com- 
mittee to procure subscriptions which was continued in 
all the campaigns tor the succeeding Liberty Loans and 
tor the final Mctory Loan. The subscriptions through the 
Lodge's committees for the five loans totaled $j,^^,oco. 
This does not, however, include many subscriptions ot 
members made through business and other connections, 
it these could be included the foregoing figures would be 
more than doubled. 



BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 263 

Special committees were appointed and did their share 
of the work in the Thrift Stamp campaign and in the 
various Red Cross and other drives for funds. Prominent 
among the members of the Lodge who served on these 
committees were George H. Schmale, Hugh C. Harris, 
Richard Leo Fallon, George H. Mohr, and Edward J. 
Cordial, to whoni the Lodge is indebted for their 
effective work. 

"Recruit Week, " when New Rochelle was called upon 
to entertain the thousands of recruits who could not be 
accommodated at Fort Slocum, was a busy time at the 
club. About 125 men, all that comfortable sleeping 
accommodations could be provided for, were taken care 
of, their meals furnished them, and the writing rooms, 
bowling alleys, and other facilities of the club thrown 
open for their use for ten days. No charge was made to 
the government for this. 

Early in the war, the Elks Ladies' Auxiliary of the Red 
Cross was organized by authority of the local Red Cross 
and under the sanction of the Lodge. The Library of the 
club was given up to the ladies and for a number of 
months weekly meetings were held by the Auxiliary for 
sewing, knitting, and other work for the Red Cross. The 
expense for this work was in part provided for by a special 
appropriation from the treasury of the Lodge, and a 
monthly contribution was also made to the local Red 
Cross fund. The Ladies' Auxiliary did excellent and 
effective work and to it also the Lodge owes its thanks. 
Its officers were Mrs. Edward A. Skinner, Chairman; 
Mrs. George H. Schmale, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. Martin 
A. Pinco and Miss Anna A. Kistinger, Secretaries; and 
Mrs. John Haas, Treasurer. 

The restaurant facilities of the club were made use of 
by the committees in charge of the various parades and 



264 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Other public events during the war for the serving of 
dinners to the bands and other organizations taking part. 
On Labor Day, 1919, the final event of this kind, about 
eight hundred soldiers and sailors were served with refresh- 
ments at the club. 

Various social events were given at the time of and for 
the purpose of forwarding the several Liberty Loans and 
other drives. All of these were very successful and were 
of material help in enabling the Lodge to reach the 
desired quota. 

On Saturday evening, October 11, 1919, the War Ser- 
vice Committee gave the men of the Lodge who had been 
in the service a welcome home dinner at the club which 
proved a very successful and enjoyable occasion. In all 
there were ninety-two members in the various branches 
of the service, out of a membership of 637, a large pro- 
portion of whom went overseas. Their names are as 
follows: 



Storekeeper Milton Abrams 
Col. F. D. Applin 
Private Gustav Baum 
Frank A. Blume, U. S. N. 
Private Daniel J. Brady 
Private Gerald J. Brady 
Philip E. Brady, U. S. N. 
Lieut. Thos. S. Brady 
Private Wm. J. Brady 
Corporal T. J. Brennan 
Private John H. Canfield 
Electrician Edw. A. Carroll 
First Lieut. Wm. F. Carroll 
Major B. N. Carvalho 
Sergt. D. S. Chamberlain 



FrankC. Combes, Jr., M.D., 

M. R. C. 
Private Irving C. Davids 
Private Jas. C. De Pue 
First Lieut. R. S. Dodge 
Corp. Charles A. Doering 
C. C. M. Edw. L. Doering 
Private Jacob W. Doering 
Sergt. James A. Dolan 
First Lieut. D. G. Donahue 
Lieut. Geo. W\ Drake 
Sergt. Lester C. Faurot 
Lieut. (M. C.) Francis P. 

Field 
Second Lt. Fred. B. Fisher 



BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS 265 



First Lt. Paul Fitzgerald, 

M.D. 
Corporal Alfred I. Ford 

* Sergt. Charles J. Ford 
Private James Ford 
Sergt. George W. Fowler, Jr. 
Second Lt. Jos. T. Galligan 
Capt. S. J. Garges 
Private Felix Girone 
Private Wm. Gorlitzer 
Sergt. W. J. Grattan 
First Lt. Carl L. Gregory 
Robert Gregory, U. S. N. R. 
Private James Hamel 
Second Lt. Wm. J. Havard 

* Lieut. Col. W. E. Holliday 
Private Gordon HoUings- 

head 
Private J. E. Ingram 
Corporal Matthew Kaplan 
Corp. A. J. Keeling 
Private James A. Kelly 
First Lt. Oscar F. M. Kis- 

tinger 
Private Chas. H. Knevitt 
Private William Kolins 
Private John Kratzke 
Private Oscar F. Liebtrau 
Private G. D. Long 
Chief Yeoman F. M. Lucas 
Corp. James J. McCarthy 
James McGrath, Commis- 
sary Steward 

* KiUed 



Lieut. Robert H. McLeod, 

Dental Corps 
Robert McMillan 
Chief Yeoman Stillman 

Mackay 
Private Joseph Magnus 
Sergt. Edwin Magnusson 
1st CI. Boatswain's Mate 

G. H. Mahlstedt 
Second Lieut. Charles M. 

Mead 
Sergt. Maj. Henry L. Mel- 
lamed 
Capt. Charles E. Miller 
Private James H. Moran 
Corporal Harry Most 
First. Lt. Walter Newman 
Wm. O'Brien, Chief. Com. 

Steward 
First Lieut. J. C. E. Ohlen- 

slager 
Capt. Robert A. Osborn 
Major George A. Peck, 

M.D. 
Martin J. Phelan, Camou- 
flage Section 
Sergt. F. C. Phinney 
Second Lt. George Pigott 
Arthur J. Reis, Air Service 
Private Emil Rellstab 
Private Trenor A. Rice 
Capt. Patrick Rooney 
Add. Sergt. D. S. Rose 

in action. 



266 NEW lUH HELLE: HER PART IN THE GRE.vr WAR 

First Lieut. A. J. Rothlaut Private Weston H. Stowell 

(chaplain'l Lieut. Col. S. G. Talbot 

Sergt. Frank A. Ryan First Lieut. \V. B. Taylor 

PrivateGeorge Schumacher, Sergt. Sidney Thalheimer 

Jr. Lieut. Comd'r Palmer F. 

Capt. Chas. A. Smith, ^LD. Tubbs 

Private George C. Specht Lieut. Henry T. Williams 

Though the war is over the work of the War Service 
Committee is not yet tinished. In connection with the 
work of the Federal Board for Vocational Education for 
returning soldiers and sailors the Grand Lodge of Elks has 
made a special appropriation of a quarter of a million 
dollars to be devoted to assisting the boys to attain the 
technical knowledge which will tit them tor positions in 
such lines of business as they may desire. The local War 
Service Committee of each Lodge takes its part in this 
work under the supervision of the general committee of 
the Grand Lodge. 

In this connection may be mentioned the two appro- 
priations by the Grand Lodge, each of one million dollars, 
at its sessions in iqi~ and 191 S respectively, for Red Cross 
work, to which Xcw Rochelle Lodge contributed its per 
capita quota of about ^1200. From this fund was con- 
structed the tirst Reconstruction Hospital in the country 
in Boston and other hospitals in various parts of the coun- 
try. Large quantities of equipment were supplied and 
tunds turnished for both Red Cross and Salvation Anr.y 
work in France. 

General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the 
A. E. F. in France, is an Elk, a member of Lincoln, Ne- 
braska Lodge, and the following extract from an OfHcial 
Circular of Grand Exalted Ruler Frank L. Rain will 
tittinijlv close this article: 



IIENKVOLKNT AND IMlOTKCTiVK ORDKll OF ELKS 267 

"The greatest coniplinient ever paid to this great Ameri- 
can order of ours, was the privilege afforded us as the 
only fraternity in America of taking jxirt in the home- 
coming reception recently given General John j. Pershing 
in New York. 

"On Tuesday evening, September 9, 1919, I had the 
distinguished honor ot welcoming the foremost citizen 
of the Nation, Brother John J. Pershing, in behalf of the 
order, at a wonderful reception attentled by three thou- 
sand Elks in the Lodge room of New York Lodge, No. i. 
Just previous to the reception on leaving the Hotel, 
Brother Pershing informed me, most positively, that he 
would not make a speech at the reception, but so over- 
whelmed was he by the magnitude of the reception and 
the storm of applause that greeted him at the close of my 
address that he could not resist speaking. 1 take great 
pleasure in quoting his entire speech: 



"'Brother Elks: 

"'No one knows better than an F^lk what the order 
stands for. Realizing as I do just what the vows of an 
Elk require him to do, prescribing in many ways the 
conduct of his life, I can readily appreciate, and do 
appreciate, the great work accomplished by this order. 

"'We who were fortunate enough to be sent to the 
battlefields of Europe to represent our people felt that 
we had a united nation behind us. I know of no other 
order or body of men whose patriotism, loyalty, and 
benevolence has contributed in a greater degree toward 
making that a possibility. We have not only felt the 
spirit of your patriotism, but we have felt the material 
benefit of your effort to carry forward the principles of 
America's participation in the war. 1 am proud to be 



268 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

able to say this to you so soon after my return, and I 
wish to thank you, and through you the Elks of the 
Nation for the splendid reception you have given me. 

"'I thank you. I accept it, but I accept it only m 
the name of those two million men who accompanied 
me abroad, and who made possible this victory, which 
we have brought back to you.'" 



THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN 

By William A. Moore 
Gray Miller, Chairman 

The launching of the Fourth Liberty Loan on Septem- 
ber 28, 191 8, found the local committee, which had per- 
formed such loyal and effective service during the previous 
loan, already lined up under Mr. Gray Miller as chairman. 
It is a distinct loss to this record that Mr. Miller's pro- 
longed absence from the country has prevented the pre- 
paration by him of his personal narrative of the work of 
this campaign, which in scope of organization and in 
magnitude of result represents New Rochelle's high water 
mark, in its financial support of the war. 

The quota for this loan was 1 1,950,000. The Com- 
mittee at its initial meeting, when it was addressed by 
Captain A. H. Chute, who had stirred his audience during 
the preceding campaign by the story of the sacrifices of 
our Canadian neighbors and their English cousins, headed 
the list with a pledge of subscriptions aggregating $231, coo, 
The campaign headquarters were established in the City 
Court Building, where a highly competent staff of auditors, 
under the direction of Mr. Charles B. Grimes, the commit- 
tee's treasurer was on duty each night tabulating the daily 
returns of workers. Far into the night this volunteer 
force of accountants checked and recorded the reports, 
which were brought in by the solicitors of the police patrol. 

No one will soon forget the cryptic interrogation, "Are 
you one of the 12,000?" with which the Publicity Commit- 

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270 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

tee opened its campaign, nor will the wayfarer through 
New Rochelle soon lose his startling impression of the 
colossal figures with the red flag that guarded the opening 
of North Avenue and the entrances to the city from the 
west and east. 

The Woman's Committee under the leadership of Mrs. 
William M. Harding as chairman was actively organized 
throughout the city, cooperating with the men in the ac- 
tual canvassing and furnishing the selling force as it did 
during the preceding loan for the station booth and that at 
Ware's store. 

The tide of events in Europe had now turned. Men 
no longer subscribed in desperation but with the knowledge 
that the duration of the war was timed to the prompt 
response which America made with her men and money. 
The far-reaching sweep of the organization behind the 
Fourth Loan was indicative of the irresistible power with 
which the nation had girded itself to fight this war. No 
more significant evidence could be furnished of the power 
and variety of the forces for molding public opinion now 
at its command than a brief chronicle of the events which 
were crowded into the program of our own local committee. 

On Thursday afternoon, September 26th, following the 
committee's opening meeting of the previous evening, 
Lieutenant Murphy with a squadron of aeroplanes flew 
over the city scattering Liberty Loan leaflets, giving New 
Rochelle its first thrilling aerial exhibition. On Saturday 
evening, September 28th, the campaign was formally 
opened in front of the City Hall by Mayor Waldorf, 
attended by a flag-raising, a patriotic address by the Rev. 
H. H. Beattys, and singing by the "Community Chorus." 
The next day, Sunday, lay speakers spoke at the several 
churches throughout the city in the interest of the loan. 
On Monday evening, there was a parade of merchants and 



THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN 27 1 

various fraternal and War Work Organizations, ending at 
Rochelle Park where an open air meeting was held, at 
which Supreme Court Justice J. Addison Young presided 
and an eloquent plea was made by the Rev. Herbert E. 
Wright of White Plains. On this occasion as on every 
other available opportunity during this and the preced- 
ing loan, the Fort Slocum Band was placed by Colonel 
Kingsbury at the disposal of the committee. In fact 
through Colonel Kingsbury's courtesy, New Rochelle 
came to consider the band and the Fort Slocum garrison 
as a part of its permanent organization. 

No one will ever forget the thrill of pride with which 
we heard Lieutenant Grenville T. Keogh, who had just 
returned wounded from service with the French Aviation 
Section, describe that night the wonderful elan of our 
Marines as they had come under his personal observation: 
'' I was sent up by the French for observation on the sector 
where the Marines were engaged," he said. "I saw them 
surrounding a small town and when I went back I reported 
that it would take three days to capture the position be- 
cause of the German artillery, but a few hours later word 
came that they had already taken it, which showed my 
judgment wasn't good where the Marines were concerned." 

On September 30th also the fire whistle began to sound 
nightly the number 1-8-2-5 for the New Rochelle men 
who had gone into the service. On the same day and for 
several mornings following, speakers were on duty at the 
station during the hours of the commuters' trains, the 
Girls Patriotic Service League Fife and Drum Corps play- 
ing while volunteer solicitors canvassed the departing 
crowds. A special Commuters' Committee under the 
charge of Mr. Harry R. Childs was also formed with cap- 
tains for the several trains frequented by New Rochelle 
women and men. . 



2~2 NKW lUHHKl.l.E: HKR TAU 1' IN THK CiUKAl' WAR 

On October 5th at the special evening service in the 
Temple Israel ^377,000 was pledged by the congregation. 
During every morning of the week following, speakers from 
Mr. Ritchie's committee spoke in each of the city's schools. 
On the evening ot October loth, Sousa's great band of 
over three hundred pieces from the Great lakes Naval 
Encampment played at the High School. 

On October 12th, Columbus Day, also proclaimed as 
"Liberty Day," a second phenomenal parade took place 
with military and naval contingents from Fort Slocum and 
Pelham Bay which ended at the High School where a 
three-inch naval anti-aircraft gun had been mounted 
that shook the city with its thunderous discharge. The 
meeting following the parade was addressed by \Villiam 
Allen White, who had just returned from France. 1 he 
following evening, Sunday, October ijth, an enthusiastic 
meeting was held in Loew's Theater, addressed by Augus- 
tus Thomas, Mr. J. B. Gardiner, the military expert of 
the New York Times, and Captain Herbert Mathias ot the 
First Canadian Expeditionary Forces. 

Overtures by the Germans for an armistice had already 
been made to President Wilson, and the following resolu- 
tion was adopted by the meeting and telegraphed to the 
President that night: 

"To THE President of the United States, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
" 1000 citizens of New Rochelle, N. Y., assembled at 
a Liberty Loan meeting, pledging their loyal support, 
do earnestly beseech you to take such steps as will 
prevent any peace by negotiation. The armies of the 
Allies, advancing victoriously, have in sight the goal ot 
unconditional surrender which is the only basis on which 
can be built a just and lasting peace." 



THE FOURTH LHiEIirY LOAN 273 

Those were the days when the terrible influenza epi- 
demic was at its height in New Rochelle, and the daily- 
death list became appalling. Programs for public meet- 
ings of every kind were suspended. Pride in the achieve- 
ment of the American armies in France was mingled in the 
public mind with the deepest anxiety for the distressing 
situation at home. The difficulties of the committee in 
reaching the people with any appeal under these conditions 
were almost insuperable. The loan began to lag and the 
subscriptions which had mounted rapidly at the beginning 
were now almost at a standstill. 

By the close of the following week, however, conditions 
had so far improved that it was possible to hold meetings 
in West New Rochelle on the occasion of the visit of several 
members of the famous Fourteenth Bersiagli Regiment of 
the Italian Army in uniform, and a parade was formed in 
their honor headed by the Fort Slocum Band and an es- 
corting detail of troops from the Fort. At these meetings 
generous additions to the subscription roll were made by 
New Rochelle's citizens of Italian birth. 

On October 17th the quota flag was unfurled at the 
Baptist Church where Captain A. H. Chute again spoke, 
followed by a rare musical program contributed by Cecil 
Arden, Redferne Hollingshead, Mabel Preston Hall, and 
others who attended as guests of Mr. Louis S. Ehrich, Jr. 

The campaign closed on Saturday, October 19th, and 
on that day at noon the renowned "Blue Devil" band of the 
French Army, consisting of sixty-two convalescent veter- 
ans under the command of Captain Gabriel Pares, played 
at the High School. That evening the curtain was rung 
down on the committee's program at Loew's Theater, 
specially contributed by the management for the occasion, 
where a marvelous vaudeville entertainment was arranged 
by Mr, Jule Delmar, who that night topped all his own 
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274 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

previous high records. Additional subscriptions to the 
amount of $213,000 were reported. The impetus which 
the campaign had received during the preceding days now 
became evident and when the banks, at first overwhelmed, 
were able to tabulate the returns of the final twenty-four 
hours, they were found to amount to the amazing total 
of $1,191,050. New Rochelle's complete record for this 
loan was 9923 subscribers and $3,610,200. 

The country had reached a high state of exaltation and 
the spirit of self-sacrifice pervaded the entire community 
from the lowest to the highest. The following are but 
typical of the instances of pathetic human interest that 
daily came under the personal observation of those who 
were in close personal touch with the movement: 

A widow resident in the city with three dependent chil- 
dren, the oldest of whom was a girl of twelve, with a regu- 
lar income of only $12 per week paid by the New Haven 
Railroad on which her husband had been killed four years 
before, had bought a bond in each of the preceding loans 
and proudly sent in her subscription for the Fourth Loan 
to be paid in weekly instalments of $2. This she proposed 
to obtain by taking for board a fifteen-months' old baby 
and with such assistance as her daughter could give by 
money earned darning stockings. 

The letter here quoted was written by one whose 
American citizenship had come by adoption rather than 
by birth: 

"Mr. Chairman of the Liberty Loan: 
"Dear Sir: 
"I am sorry and very sorry that I am an American 
citizen and I cannot afford this Liberty Loan on ac- 
count of having been worked in the factory at Water- 
bury, Conn., where I fell sick. I am still sick and have 



THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN 275 

spent all I had and now I have to work for my living as 
I have a wife and child and an old father and mother. 
I cannot work much because my condition is yet bad. 

"I only have $60.17 in the bank but if you need my 
help I will let you have that, although I am still sick. 
God will help me out. That is all I can do." 

It would be impossible to analyze the many and various 
elements that contributed to the wonderful result. Every 
organization and institution in the city was engaged. 
Back of the parades and spotlight were the quiet workers 
who pressed close upon every advancing wave of public 
interest. 

Doubtless there were slackers in this as in every other 
great cause demanding personal sacrifice. It would 
profit little to name them here. Let each reader of this 
record say for himself how far he carried his share of the 
public burden. But for the glory of New Rochelle let it 
be said that the roll of those who did their part would read 
much like the city's directory. 

In closing this chronicle, may the writer be permitted to 
add this brief valedictory to that untiring group of con- 
genial spirits known as the "Money Hounds," whose 
cheerful optimism made light laborious days: 

May the memory of that pleasant comradeship attend 
each member of the pack until for him the lengthened 
shadows gather beside the "Long Trail"! 



THE JEWISH ORGAXIZATIOXS DURING 
THE \\ AR 

Bv Rabbi Richard M. Stern 

As with almost every other organization in Xew 
Rochelle, the hrst touch with the reaHty of the Great 
War came during the second week in December, 191 7, 
when Xew Rochelle was called upon to care tor thousands 
of recruits for whom no place could be found in Fort 
Slocum. As soon as the need tor housing accommoda- 
tions was realized, the building of the Young Men's 
Hebrew Association was opened on Tuesday evening, 
December nth, to care for 300 of these men. And 
Temple Israel opened its doors to welcome these boys on 
Thursday evening of the 13th. A temporary committee 
was organized to manage the situation in both buildings. 
Rabbi Richard M. Stern was given the general manage- 
ment of the work in the Temple, L. K. Goldman in the 
Y. M. H. A. Oscar Heyman was elected treasurer and 
Mrs. E. J. Levine was appointed in charge of women's 
work. 

For eight days the Young Men's Hebrew Association 
housed almost J?50 men and Temple Israel between 250 
and 300. During that time, the women ot the Sisterhood 
of Temple Israel were organized into committees to pro- 
vide food and to perform such other services as were 
necessary for their comfort. From early in the morning 
until late into the ni^ht these loval women were busv 



THE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE WAR 277 

working tor the well-being ot rhe recruits under their 
charge. 

The splendid manner in which the work was organized 
in both the Y. M. H. A. building and in the Temple was 
evidenced in the tact that trom the very first night, al- 
though the temporary committee was given but a tew 
hours' notice, each man who came to these buildings was 
provided with a mattress, a blanket, and a pillow. 

The war activities ot the various Jewish organizations 
are as follows: 

Temple Israel of Xew Rochelle 

In addition to oftering the use of its buildings during 
Recruit Week, the Board of Trustees and the Rabbi of 
Temple Israel held themselves ready to cooperate in any 
war activity in behalf of which their help w^as needed or 
requested. Appeals were made from the pulpit in con- 
nection with the various campaigns; literature conveying 
appeals to the members of the Temple to assist in all these 
campaigns was distributed broadcast. Soldiers, sailors, 
and marines were given a hearty welcome at all services. 

Two events, however, in the list of the war activities 
ot Temple Israel stand out preeminent. At the end of 
the Third Liberty Loan campaign, the Chairman of the 
local Liberty Loan Committee appealed to the Rabbi and 
Trustees to solicit subscriptions for the Loan. At a rally 
held after services, although many of the members had 
already subscribed in large amounts, the sum of $70,000 
was raised. And during the campaign for the fourth 
Liberty Loan, another rally was held after the services 
on Friday evening, October 4, 191 8, and, in response to 
appeals made by the President of the Congregation, Oscar 
Hevman, and bv the Rabbi, the members subscribed 



J7S NEW ROCHKI.I.K: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

^jSijOOO, ihe largest amount ever raised at any meeting in 
the city of New Rochelle. Subscriptions secured within 
a tew days after this meeting brought the total up to 
^420,000. 

The Rabbi ot the Congregation is Richard M. Stern. 

The ofHcers ot the Congregation during the war period 
were : 

Oscar Hevmax, President 
Loi IS Kahx, J iic -President 
Carl Seligmaxx, Secretary 
G. S. Jacobsox, Treasurer 

Tmstees: 
Charles O. Tobias Max Bauer 

M. M. Schlesixger David Crystal 

Harry H, Strals 

Sisterhood of Temple Israel 

The war work ot this association began in October, 191 "", 
when its members commenced sewing under the direction 
of the local branch ot the American Red Cross. These 
sewing meetings continued without interruption until 
August, 1919, every Tuesday and Friday trom nine o'clock 
in the morning until tive o'clock in the afternoon. The 
special work assigned to this auxiliary was the making of 
pajamas and of tlannel underwear tor hospital use. It 
was not an unusual occurrence for almost 100 women to 
attend these gatherings and to work on these necessary 
articles. And, in addition to pertorming this work tor 
the Red Cross, the members supplied large quantities oi 
comfort kits and bed socks for distribution by the local 
branch of the Jewish Welfare Board. Six oi the members 
of the Sisterhood received service pins from the American 
Red Cross for having been on dutv over 800 hours. These 



TIIK JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE WAR 279 

ladies were Mrs. K. J. Levine, Mrs. Adolph Grant, Mrs. 
Chas. O. Tobias, Miss Minnie Rothschild, Miss Meta 
Goet/, and Miss Barbara Jacobs. 

Besides the sewing which was done in the vestry rooms 
of Temple Israel, great quantities of work, were performed 
at home. Knitted goods of all kinds were brought from 
the homes to the store-rooms for distribution among the 
soldiers. Kour machines for the manufacture of woolen 
socks were kept busy continually and the women finished 
them in their homes. 

in January, 1918, the Surgical Dressings Group was 
organized and met at the Temple on Mondays from nine 
until five. At the same time, the first Canteen Unit 
started service at Pelham Bay Naval Station under the 
National League for Women's Service. And soon after, a 
second unit served under the Red Cross at the Soldiers' 
and Sailors' Club. 

During the summer of 1918, the Sisterhood gave a 
Dramatic Reading and Moonlight Garden Party at The 
Oaks, Davenport Neck, at which the sum of $1700 was 
realized. This amount was divided equally between the 
local branch of the Red Cross and the local branch of the 
Jewish Welfare Board. 

The officers during the war period were 

Mrs. E. J. Levine, President 
Mrs. Adolph Grant, Vice-President 
Mrs. G. S. Jacobson, Treasurer 
Mrs. Chas. Frank, Cor. Secretary 
Mrs. Amson Furtsch, Rec. Secretary 

Directors: 

Mrs. Oscar Heyman Mrs. B. L Solomons 

Mrs. Carl Seligmann 



280 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

The Young Men's Hebrew Association 

As soon as the war began, the effect was quickly felt by 
the Young Men's Hebrew Association because many of 
its most active workers enlisted for service in the army and 
in the navy. It was soon realized that the organization 
would perform a service to the nation by discontinuing a 
large part of its usual work and by permitting its building 
to be used for the activities of the Jewish Welfare Board. 
The Association cooperated, however, in "Recruit Week," 
as related elsewhere, in the third Liberty Loan when the 
young men subscribed over $35,000, and in the campaign 
for funds for the American Red Cross when the sum of 
$10,000 was raised. 

The officers during the war period were: 

L. Kahn, President 

L. K. Goldman, Vice-President 

E. Berzon, Secretary 

A. Pragerson]„ 

IV, „ \ireasurers 

M. Ballin ] 

The Jewish Welfare Board 

The New Rochelle Branch of the Jewish Welfare Board 
was organized immediately after "Recruit Week" in order 
to carry the activities of the National Jewish Welfare 
Board into the two military establishments situated near 
New Rochelle. The work done in the camps by this 
organization was varied. x'\lmost every want or desire of 
the men whom it reached was considered. The organiza- 
tion performed every kind of task, from the distribution of 
candy to soldiers and sailors to the conduct of religious 
services for the men of Jewish faith. The work of the 
Board naturally divided itself into two activities, viz., 



THE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE WAR 28 1 

such as were performed in the camps and such as were 
done in New Rochelle. 

Camp Activities 

Entertainments were given in the huts of the Jewish 
Welfare Board at Pelham Bay and at Fort Slocum. 

Special care was provided for wounded men in the hos- 
pitals at both these camps, at the Base Hospital at East 
View, and at the Bloomingdale Hospital at White Plains. 

Entertainments were given at East View each Monday 
evening and necessities of all kinds were distributed to the 
men. 

Thousands of packages of candy, cigarettes, and chew- 
ing gum were given away in all the camps. This service 
was appreciated especially during the influenza epidemic 
when the Jewish Welfare Board was the sole distributing 
agent in the camps and when, in addition to these pack- 
ages of "goodies," surgical supplies, soup specially pre- 
pared, and crates of fruit were given away. 

The organization purchased a portable moving picture 
machine for use in the wards of the hospitals, thus pro- 
viding entertainment for men unable to leave their beds. 

A bureau for legal and business advice was maintained. 

Transportation between camps and the community was 
provided and special entertainments for officers were 
given. 

Activities in the Community 

Dances and entertainments were given weekly, and 
sometimes even more frequently, at the building of the 
Young Men's Hebrew Association, which had been taken 
over as the headquarters of the Jewish Welfare Board. 
During the summer, some men were taken on picnics and 



282 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

on boat rides. Any man in service who visited the build- 
ing was given such articles of comfort as he required. 
Refreshments were served by a Committee of Ladies from 
the Sisterhood of Temple Israel. Service men were 
housed over night in the dormitory. 

The organization took charge of a number of men who 
needed "after care." They were sent to the association 
by the American Red Cross and by the War Risk Insur- 
ance Bureau during the period of their convalescence after 
their discharge from hospitals. A correspondence bureau 
was also maintained. 

Personal services to the men and to the families of men 
in the hospitals were freely given. The organization pro- 
vided funeral services for men who died in the camps and 
arranged all the details of transportation for the families 
of these men from their homes to the camps and from the 
camps to their homes. In this work, the Board had the 
cooperation of the various Rabbis in Westchester County. 

Special attention was paid by the Board to the proper 
observance of the Jewish religious holidays and festivals 
both within the camps and in the community. In the 
matter of religious exercises, the Board had the coopera- 
tion of the Rabbi and the Trustees of Temple Israel of 
New Rochelle. Special entertainment on these important 
occasions was provided and arrangements were made to 
house service men of Jewish faith in the homes of Jewish 
families during the period of holiday observance. 

To carry on these numerous activities required the 
active help of many loyal men and women, whose names 
are too numerous to catalogue here. But special mention 
must be made of L. K. Goldman, the president and direct- 
ing genius of the Board, of Richmond Proskauer, its vice- 
president, and of Mrs. E. J. Levine, who directed the 
activities of the women. 



THE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE WAR 283 

It should be noted also that, outside of the special enter- 
tainments on Jewish religious holidays, the hospitality 
of the Board was extended to men not of Jewish faith. 
It is estimated that over 80% of the men who took ad- 
vantage of the activities of the Jewish Welfare Board were 
non-Jews. The good-fellowship that resulted from this 
commingling of men of different faiths is a happy augury 
for the future of this country. It will lead to a better 
understanding between citizens of different faiths. 

The officers of the Jewish Welfare Board during the 
period of the war were: 

L. K. Goldman, President 
Richmond Proskauer, Vice-President 
Louis Streger, Secretary 
Louis Kahn, Treasurer 

Chairmen of Committees 

Morris Schachat, Personal Service, Camp Activities, etc. 
Rabbi Richard M. Stern, Religious 
Mrs. Edmund J. Levine, Hospitality and Community 
Service 

x-^lfred Schachat, Entertainment and Social Program 

Walter Drey, Publicity, Information, etc. 

Julius Prince, Finance 

I. Solomon, Cooperation with other Agencies 

Mrs. L. K. Goldman, Camp Service 

Mrs. Sidney Worms, House 

Mrs. Louis S. Ehrich, Young W^omen's Activities. 

Congregation Ansche Sholom — Bonnefoy Place 

This congregation cooperated in every campaign during 
the War, and was of especial assistance during the fourth 
Liberty Loan when, at a rally held in the Synagogue, the 



284 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

members subscribed the sum of ^40,000. The president 
of the Synagogue is Harris Hock and its minister is the 
Reverend S. Kamelhaar. 

Organized Hebrew Charities 

The Organized Hebrew Charities cooperated wherever 
possible with all agencies doing "Home Service" work. 
It used its funds to assist the families of young men in the 
service. 

The officers of the association were: 

Chas. O. Tobias, President 

Mrs. E. J. Levine, Vice-President 

Mrs. Geo. Michaelson, Secretary-Treasurer 



MASONIC ACTIVITIES DURING THE WAR 

By Frank D. Clarke, Master 

At the beginning of 19 17, members of Huguenot Lodge, 
No. 46, F. & \. M, had joined the colors but it was not 
until Recruit Week that New Rochelle awoke to the reali- 
zation of the great work before its citizens. It is my part to 
record an event probably unique in the history of Masonry. 

Between December 10 and 18, 1917, this lodge, with the 
assistance of several ladies of the Red Cross, especially 
Miss Theresa Carter and Mrs. Bernard K. Rhodes, housed 
and fed 1200 recruits, volunteers in the service of our coun- 
try, who came from several Eastern states for examina- 
tion and enlistment at Fort Slocum. On account of the 
greatly crowded conditions at the Fort, these men were 
unable to obtain immediate quarters there. The manner 
in which this imperatively necessary work was performed 
reflects enduring credit and honor upon those who labored 
for its success. Members of the Lodge served faithfully 
night and day. Special credit should be given to our retir- 
ing Master, George H. Fisher, who worked virtually with- 
out ceasing for eight days and nights, leading, as an able 
master should, his co-workers on to success. 

In the annals of Huguenot Lodge, conditions like this 
had never arisen and there were no precedents. Hearing 
the call, old Huguenot answered. Hundreds of cold, 
hungry, weary young men were brought in from the street 
with but hurried preparation for their reception and were 

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2S6 NEW lUH HKLLE: IIKK TART IN THE (..RKAT WAR 

ted and provided with comfortable sleeping accommoda- 
tions. The young men represented among the recruits 
who passed those memorable days within the ccntincs of 
this Temple were of various conditions in life. Tlere dwelt 
in peace and harmony, Catholic, Protestant, and Jew with 
not a single note of discord among them. Indoor athletics, 
vocal and instrumental music, card playing, smoking, 
letter writing, were indulged in by the recruits and the 
hours passed all too quickly to the termination of their 
visit. In appreciation ot what was done for them, they 
presented to the city, through Mayor K. S. Grifhng, a 
handsome loving cup, the presentation taking place in the 
Lodge room. Thus came the recruits, thus they tarried 
and departed, leaving remembrances we shall cherish with 
increasing regard as the years roll on. 

Up to January 1,1919, our service flag was adorned with 
eighteen stars. There were besides twenty-six sons o\ 
Hutjuenot members in the service. With the beginning 
ot the new vear. Huguenot Lodge entered fully into the 
big game. 

Master George H. Fisher retiring in December, 191", 
Frank D. Clarke was installed as Master for the year 191 S. 
He announced that his was to be a war administration. 
Members o\ Huguenot Lodge were entering the service 
fast and must be looked after. A policy was adopted 
whereby each member o\ the lodge adopted a member in 
the service. First all dues were remitted and a question- 
naire was sent to each member in the service. 

HUGUENOT LODGE, NO. 4(1, F. .Sc A. M, 
NEW ROCHELLE, N. V. 

Please answer the following questions and mail as 

soon as possible to Mr ot Avenue, 

New Rochelle, N. Y. 



MASONIC ACTIVITIES 287 

Have you a comfort kit? 
Have you a sweater? 
Have you gloves ? 
Have you a helmet? 
What do you smoke? 
What do you read? 
What are you in need of? 

Let me know when you change your address. 

Members were also furnished with identification disks 
and Grand Lodge certificates. Unquestionably in no 
]")cri()d of a similar duration was so large a number of com- 
munications held and of candidates initiated as in the 
stormy days of 19 18, which also saw much other important 
work. As many men in the service were desirous of be- 
coming Masons, thirty-two communications were held and 
fifty-six candidates were made Master Masons. 

The evening of June 5th was designated and set aside as 
"Allied Night" and marked one of the most notable com- 
munications in the records of Huguenot Lodge. All the 
allied nations were represented and entered the lodge ac- 
companied by a color guard and a delegation of soldiers and 
sailors. 

On June 21, 1918, a service flag was presented to the 
naval militia through Lieutenant Amos A. Squire, of the 
7th and 8th Division, Naval Militia, in recognition of ser- 
vices rendered by them during recruit week. In every 
Liberty Loan drive the Lodge and members liberally sub- 
scribed. 

On July 19, 1918, the lodge adopted the following reso- 
lutions: 

"Whereas, loyalty to our country is one of the first 
duties of a Mason, 



288 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

"Resolved, That any member of Huguenot Lodge who 
by word or deed manifests sympathy with or preference 
for an enemy of the United States, or an ally of an enemy 
of the United States, or anything calculated to hinder 
the successful prosecution of the present war shall be 
deemed guilty of a Masonic offence and upon proof of 
such words or act shall be subject to the penalty of ex- 
pulsion. 

"Resolved, That the use of the German language 
shall be prohibited in the Masonic building during the 
period of the war." 

On September 9, 191 8, the W. Master Frank D. Clarke 
was commissioned a captain in the United States Engineers 
and turned the affairs of the Lodge over to the Senior War- 
den, Harry B. Goss, who most ably and efficiently con- 
ducted them for the balance of the year. Many extra 
communications were held for the benefit of soldiers and 
sailors desirous of becoming members of the fraternity. 
The work of the lodge was carried on to the lasting credit 
of the officers who held positions in the lodge during the 
trying days of 191 8. 

The following is the Honor Roll: 

ARMY 

Major C. P. Colburn Lieut. Daniel A. Betts 

Major Guy G. Palmer Lieut. H. T. Williams 

Major Herman Zimmerman Lieut. George P. Shutt 

Capt. Carl x-\mmenhauser Lieut. Walter Lauer 

Capt. C. C. DeKlyn Lieut. Andrew B. Duryee 

Capt. Chas. E. Miller Lieut. Norman E. MacLean 

Capt. Frank D. Clarke Lieut. Frank A. Wagner 

Lieut. Benj. F. F. Needham Lieut. Harry M. Hosmer 

Lieut. Reuben Abrams Lieut. W. W. Troy 



MASONIC ACTIVITIES 



289 



ARMY {Continued) 



Lieut, F. S. Simmons 
Lieut. J. W. R. Crawford 
Lieut. Thos. Nast St. Hill 
Lieut. Joseph W. Rink 
Lieut. C. F. Dugger 
Lieut. Chas. M. Mead 
Lieut. Carl L. Gregory 
Lieut. James R. Watson 
Lieut. George H. Piggott 
Sergt. Vester Eikner 
Sergt. Wilbur B. Wenck 
Sergt. Joseph Gunter 
Sergt. Walter D. Sutton 
Sergt. William Sutherland 
Sergt. L. A. Manhardt 
Sergt. James F. Rodgers 



Sergt. Fred A. Baum 
Sergt. Wm. D. Matheson 
Sergt. Victor Bragger 
Corp. Harry Most 
Corp. Franklin Lord 
Corp. Cornelius E. Kene 
Private L Lee Reid 
Private Fred D. Le Count 
Private Albert J. Fennell 
Private George C. Specht 
Private Warren C. Edgar 
Private R. C. Wells 
Private Wm. R. Galbraith 
Private E. B. Fernschild 
Pvt. Russell H. Lockwood 
Private David A. Bloom 



Lieut. D. A. Smith 
Lieut. Robert Ward 
Ensign Paul Streger 



NAVY 



Seaman W. H. Mellor 
Seaman Norman S. Bell 
Seaman Harry Miller 



Seaman Wm. K. Conover 



MARINE CORPS 
Lieut. Charles Noxon, Jr. 



19 



THE COMMI'NITY CHORUS 

Bv John Hold en 

Clarence S. Shumwav, Chairman and Director 

New Rochelle's part in the war assumed many phases 
and led her into many paths oi usefulness, but none of 
these brought more joy to our own people than the Com- 
munity Chorus. 

The power of song to dri\e away dull care, iv> arouse 
enthusiasm, and inspire patriotic fervor in times of war 
stress is so universally known that it is not surprising that 
early in the war steps were taken to establish a center of 
community singing. The initiative was really taken by 
Dr. Charles F. Canedy, Rector of" Trinity Church, who 
urged the undertaking and offered, on behalf of the cor- 
poration, the Parish House of that church free of charge 
with heat,light, and janitor service furnished for the entire 
period of the war. There a dozen or more stout hearted 
patriots of more or less vocal ability gathered on the 
evening of November 7, 1917, and an organization was 
perfected with Mr. Clarence S. Shumway as chairman of 
the committee and director of the chorXis, and Mr. Charles 
B. Grimes as secretary and treasurer. 

About |ioo was contributed by citizens, which, with 
$25 also from Trinity Parish, covered the initial expenses. 
From that time on all expertses were borne by the War 
Camp Community Service, which, all told, contributed 
about $700, No moneys for any purpose were ever 
solicited at these meetings, nor by this organization at any 

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THE COMMUNITY CHOIJI S 29I 

time. I'Vom the platform notice was given of the various 
drives under way, but aside from that, the people who 
attended these meetings heard nothing about money. 

The attendance during the first few weeks was small but 
it grew rapidly and before many months it taxed the capa- 
city of the building, reaching in May, 191 8, a total of seven 
hundred. 

As the meetings were held on Sunday evening a religious 
atmosphere prevailed and always some of the fine old 
songs of the Church were sung. 

It has been gratefully asserted, by many, that these 
Community rallies, every week, not only promptly coun- 
teracted repeated attempts at disheartening alien propa- 
ganda but exerted a far-reaching spiritual influence. 

Professionals and amateurs alike volunteered their 
services, both for vocal and instrumental music, and the 
entertainments at times took on a high musical standard, 
thanks to the talents of these volunteers; but after all, the 
finest moments were those when the whole audience joined 
in singing, not only the old war songs of other days, but 
those inspired by the present war, Frenchie^ Smiles, Pack 
up Your Troubles, and best of all, The Long, Long Trail. 
Even the poorest singers, when the orchestra struck up the 
air of these songs, made a noise that sounded something 
like music. In addition to the musical side of these meet- 
ings, occasional addresses were made, some of them purely 
patriotic and many of them by soldiers who had returned 
from the war and told us their experiences in the trenches, 
in the air, and on the sea. 

From Fort Slocum occasionally came its famous band. 
Some musicians from the Fort were almost always in the 
orchestra and a good deal of talent of other kind came 
from the Fort to these meetings from time to time. 

A tower of strength in the orchestra was Mr. Charles 



292 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

F. Wernig, who rarely missed a meeting, and in addition 
to his work in the orchestra, scored more than 150 songs. 

Mr. Charles F. Burrill and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Read ac- 
companied at the piano and were always faithful in attend- 
ance. But the outstanding feature of the work of the Com- 
munity Chorus was its leader, Mr. Shumway, who gave 
unstintingly of his time and energy to advance its inter- 
ests. Possessing a genuine love of music and musicianly 
trained, he was perfectly qualified for the position on the 
technical side. But he was even better qualified on what 
might be termed the human side. Of unfailing good hu- 
mor, tactful and resourceful, he met every emergency with 
grace and wit. A funny story was always on tap and his 
gift of repartee always in evidence, and his clever talks 
from the platform were almost as good as the songs that 
we sang. The Community Chorus and the people who 
attended its meetings will always hold him in grateful 
remembrance. 

Among those who were active workers in support of this 
movement are Messrs. Charles F. Porter, James K. Van 
Brunt, Jere Milleman, P. W. McKenzie, Fred L. Beeton, 
A. F. Bradley, George T. Tobin, and H. E. McCormick. 

The following is intended to be a complete list of those 
who volunteered their services from time to time. It may 
possibly be incomplete but our gratitude to those whose 
names inadvertently do not appear on this list is as great 
as to those whose names do: 

Miss Mary Barrett, Contralto 

Mr. Allen Behr, J'ioliiiist and Cornettst 

Miss IsABELLE Bercow% VioHntst 

Mrs. Ernest M. Best, Soprano 

Mr. Frank Bourstin, Violinist 

Mr. Joseph Brown, Violinist 




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Mrs. Mii/roN W. Iji<f>wN, Soprano 
Mr. Gkokm: Hui/i ri cijk, Hcirilone 
Mi.ss Marv HuRf;uM, Pianist 
Mr. Charlks F. Hurrii-l, J^ianist 
Mrs. Gj.okm. I-. Caui;, Soprano 
Mrs. Kknnkth Clark, Soprano 
Mrs. Marv Casskll, Soprano 
Mr. H. (f. CoRWiN, Pianist 
Miss Anna Davids, Violinist 
Mr. K. I'\ Dunn, Tenor 
Mr. I>i.o W. 1m:rnha(;h, Haritone 

Mr. CAMI'Iil.M- I'OI.f.KK, 'dcllisl 

Miss Lkona J^rancjs, Soprano 

Miss Ku'iH Geils, Violinist 

Miss Gkraldine Geraty, Soprano 

Mrs. Ai-MiRKiTA W. Cjiiiin, Sojyrano 

Mr. Sk;mi;nd Cjrosskoi'F, Violinist 

Miss Mahei. a. CiuiLE, Soprano 

Mrs. Pay Morton Henklk, Soprano 

Mr. John S. Miller, Pianist 

Mrs. K. Howell, (jmtralto 

Mr. Vernon Hughes, Tenor 

Mr. KaymonijO. Hi-nier, lUiritone 

Mrs. Caldwell Johnson, Soprano 

Mr. fioMER Ijnd, Haritone 

Mrs. M o M I-. R I> I N D , Violin ist 

Mr. Samuel D. Lindsay, Haritone 

Mr. Waldon J.askey, Haritone 

Mr. and Mrs. Magee, Hanjo and Piano 

Mrs. Edith C. McLintock, (lonlrallo 

Miss Charlotte Morren, Soprano 

Miss Virginia Nichols, Soprano 

Mrs. Arthur Nodine, Soprano 

Mr. Harold Pevny, Violinist 



294 -^EW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Read, Pianist 
Miss Helen Reynolds, Soprano 
Miss Isabelle Robertson, Soprano 
Mr. Fred Ruzicka, Violinist 
Mrs. Flora Haven Schley, Soprano 
Mrs. Mary F. Schmonsees, Violinist 
Mr. Herman Siegel, Violinist 
Mr. Harry Six, Banjoist 
Mr, RuDOLPFE Vanesse, Pianist 
Mr. MiscHA Violin, Violinist 
Mr. Fred D, Walcott, Baritone 
Miss Winifred Way, Contralto 
Mr. Charles F. Wernig, Violinist 
Mr. William J. W^ilbur, Baritone 
Mr. J. H. Morris, Organist 

One of the most interesting and inspiring "Sings" was 
on May 5, 191 8, when Mrs. Giffin, Soprano, one of those 
who gave so willingly of her time and talent, sang the 
national songs of Belgium, England, Canada, Italy, France, 
and Japan, in their native tongues and ended her number 
with The Star Spangled Banner^ while Red Cross girls in 
uniform carried the colors of our six Allies, and the Stars 
and Stripes were borne by a sailor from Pelham on one 
side of the stage and a soldier from Fort Slocum, opposite. 
The hall was crowded and we recall the thrilling singing of 
our National Anthem, and the great interest shown in the 
preceding songs of the group. 

The picture shown was taken by Mr. A. F. Bradley on 
that evening. 



PUBLIC LIBRARY 

By John Holden, President 

Few forms of human effort are more removed from 
what are generally considered war activities than library 
work. The very name "Library" suggests peace, quiet, 
and repose, the antithesis of what war engenders. 

For the first time in a great war, libraries played a 
prominent part. This was partly due to the magnitude 
of the war, but more to the magnitude of libraries them- 
selves. Their growth in the last twenty-five years has 
placed them in a position to render service of many kinds 
effectively in a way which could not have been done in the 
old days of inefficient plants and inadequate and un- 
trained staffs. 

At the very outbreak of the war in Europe the libraries 
of America, seeing that America's destinies were with the 
Allies, began to marshal their forces to assist in such ways 
as they could, and as it became more and more evident 
that we would probably get into the war, their efforts were 
increased. Libraries were put at the disposal of the Red 
Cross, special effort was made to get technical books that 
would be of assistance in training young soldiers, and 
classes in many libraries were formed for the purpose of 
teaching such things as would be useful. In addition, 
they were, of course, the main repositories of the literature 
which inspired and aroused the patriotism of the people. 
When we actually got into the war, war work bcame 

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296 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

the predominant work of our libraries and the American 
Library Association took steps to form all libraries of the 
United States into a working unit to help the Government 
in its prosecution of the war. 

The campaign method of raising "|i,oco,cco for 
1,000,000 books for 1,000,000 men" was not adopted in 
New Rochelle, the city administration and the trustees 
of the library not thinking it wise to make that kind of a 
drive when enormous sums were being solicited for other 
purposes. But some advertising was done, voluntary 
contributions were received, and over 2500 books were 
collected, censored, and shipped to the following camps: 
Fort Wadsworth, Fort Sevier, and the Naval Training 
Station at Pelham Bay Park. Thousands of magazines 
were sent to Fort Slocum, as well as about one hundred 
books from our own library. Magazines were also sent to 
the Pelham Bay Park Naval Station, the Brooklyn Naval 
Hospital, Camp Upton, and to the transports. Valuable 
assistance, was given in this work by the Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Teague in collecting and distributing these books. 

The citizens of New Rochelle were extraordinarily 
generous in supplying from their own libraries, as gifts, 
books on aviation, navigation, geometry, trigonometry, 
and technical books of all kinds, the demand for which 
was so great that it was impossible to get them promptly 
from the various publishers. 

The value of the books and magazines to the soldiers in 
sustaining their morale was instantly recognized by the 
Government and by the leading officers in the service. 
When the larger United Drive took place, the sum of 
$3,500,000 was set apart as the library quota of the United 
States. Our library, as all other libraries in the country, 
worked energetically in this move, and did their fair share 
towards collecting this sum, which was realized in lull. 



PUBLIC LIBRARY 2()7 

The magnitude which the library work reached in the 
war is shown by the fact that at the time of the armistice 
forty-seven great camps, or cantonments, had fully or- 
ganized library systems, with library buildings in forty- 
five and one other in the course of erection, mostly 
provided for by the Carnegie Corporation. The smaller 
camps, 261 or more, had proportionate facilities, and books 
were distributed by the A. L. A. Service from 2600 points 
in all. These covered hospitals and Red Cross houses, 
aviation stations, recruiting army corps, training camps, 
naval stations, marine quarters, and warships and trans- 
ports, besides the collections of books in the Y . IVI. C. A. 
and Knights of Columbus huts, barracks, and mess 
halls. 

There were in the service 271 professional librarians 
besides unpaid helpers who volunteered for the work. 

Nearly one million volumes of books were purchased 
directly, and approximately four million more were given 
by the public. Nearly one and a half million volumes have 
been sent across the sea, all of them carefully selected in 
response to definite needs. New Rochelle throughout the 
entire war donated over fifteen thousand volumes of 
books, which, in proportion to its population according 
to statistics available, was not surpassed by any city in 
the country. 

The wide range of our activities cannot be set forth in 
detail in the limits of this article, but a few important 
things may well be noted. 

Our lecture hall was turned over to the Red Cross ex- 
clusively, the key being placed in their possession. It 
became their surgical dressings headquarters, and our 
storeroom in the basement became their shipping head- 
quarters. 

War Savings Stamps were sold at the library and \ alu- 



2q8 new ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

able assistance given in Liberty Bond sales and in the 
Red Cross drive. 

The members of the library staff, under the competent 
and enthusiastic direction of Miss Mary E. Huntington, 
the librarian, threw their whole heart into this work and 
were very successful. 

Active assistance was given the Food Administration, 
Thousands of war-time recipes were given to housekeepers; 
pledge cards were distributed and window cards given to 
those requiring them. A food exhibition was held in the 
reading room. Garden manuals and canning and pre- 
serving pamphlets were distributed and notices concerning 
the special needs of the hour, as issued by the Govern- 
ment departments, were posted and published. Victrola 
records were collected and sent to the Navy League. All 
war posters were displayed and quite a collection pre- 
served for future display. Liberty Loan and war-drive 
literature was distributed by placing them in books 
loaned. 

A glad hand was held out to all the men from near-by 
camps to use the library for reading and writing, and 
many took advantage of the privilege. A few war lec- 
tures were given, notably the one by the Baroness Huard, 
and classes in French were conducted to educate the sol- 
diers in that language. 

The story of that wonderful week in December, 1917, 
when the A olunteer Army of many thousands descended 
without warning on our town to enroll at Fort Slocum, has 
been told in another chapter. Needless to say that our 
library was with the rest of our city's institutions turned 
over to shelter these men. We at once became an auxil- 
iary of the First Presbyterian Church and the overflow 
from there found sleeping quarters and warmth in our 
library rooms. 



PUBLIC LIBRARY 299 

The library was so fortunate as to be selected as the 
place where the bronze tablet, which these volunteer re- 
cruits gave to our city on March 15, 1919, was placed. 
It was designed by F. Tolles Chamberlain formerly of 
New Rochelle. Probably most of the people who will 
read this book have already read the inscription, which is 
as follows: 

"This tablet is erected by volunteers of the National 
Army in grateful appreciation of the kindly welcome 
and warm hospitality extended to them by the people of 
New Rochelle from December 10-20, 1917. Coming 
in such numbers that the recruiting station at Fort 
Slocum could not provide accommodations for them, 
these thousands of men found food and shelter in the 
homes and public buildings of the city while awaiting 
reception into the service of the Nation." 

The library too was fortunate in being the recipient of 
the bronze frame containing the Roll of Honor donated 
to the city by Columbus O'D. Iselin. 

These are some of the things the library did during the 
war, but the greatest of all was in the creation of a patriotic 
atmosphere which aroused and inspired our citizens 
generally to earnest support of the Government and the 
determination that we would win. 

Never was the value of the public library more strongly 
demonstrated or power for service more clearly shown. 



THE FIFE, DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS 
By Mrs. Lee Lash, Organiser 

"When the strains of Yankee Doodle were heard on 
Main Street July 4, 191 8, people stopped to see what was 
coming. It was three hundred girls of the Girls Patriotic 
Service League lead by their own Fife, Drum and Bugle 
Corps. The Fife and Drum Corps made a splendid showing 
in their neat khaki uniforms, red leather belts and regula- 
tion caps. It was their first public appearance." Their 
experiences were as diversified as were their personalities- 
There were fifty girls in the corps (thirty-one uniformed, 
others acting as substitutes); they were from fifteen to 
twenty years of age, some of them school girls, a tew busi- 
ness girls, and several of the older girls prominent in social 
and war work in New Rochelle. 

At first the organization of the corps was somewhat of a 
venture. Fife, drum and bugle corps were things oi the 
past; the famous boy fifer of the Civil War was still alive 
but forgotten. It is true the drummer still marked time 
for eternity, and the bugler had been made famous in a 
certain song; but the organization of a File, Drum and 
Bugle Corps, especially by a group of young girls, was an 
idea that had to prove its value. And it did. Then the 
War Camp Community Service financed it, and it became 
L^nit 29 of the Girls Patriotic Service League. 

Through the generous and sympathetic spirit of Colonel 
Kingsbury, the commanding officer at Fort Slocum, the 

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THK FIFE. DIUM AM) lU (.LE CORPS 301 

Corps was given instructors from the Fort. Buglers 
James Dougher and Thomas Wilheit, and Fifer William 
Kunkle taught the girls two nights a week at the Soldiers' 
and Sailors' Club to play the fife and bugle, and our own 
Clinton Allen took great pleasure and pride in teaching the 
drummers. In tact the services of these young men were 
invaluable, as they not only taught and drilled the girls, 
but marched with them in parades, ever alert to protect 
and guard them from any untoward incident. Later as 
our original instructors were called away in the exigencies 
of war, we were assisted by Chester Barclay of Pelham 
Bay Naval Training Station; and after the Armistice, 
when Clinton Allen returned, he secured for us the verv 
efficient services of Nicolas Malsch and Burt Seacord. 
Mrs. George Bell and Mrs. Frank Farrington rendered 
valuable service as chaperones. 

Though the Corps was organized primarily to play and 
march in parades, it was soon found to be a valuablegroup, 
ready to serve wherever such an organized group might be 
needed. The girls were never able to accede to all the 
requests made upon them not only in New Rochelle but 
also in New York City and neighboring suburbs. Their 
duties were often very strenuous as they frequently made 
two or three public appearances a day. Few of their 
townspeople knew the actual amount of hard work these 
girls put in and the long hours that they sometimes served; 
a typical day of one week's program was to play at the 
New Haven Station for the Liberty Loan or various war 
drives from 7.30 to 10 a.m. then to go to school or business, 
parade or appear on the Carrier Pidgeon Float in the 
afternoon, and to the theater or church concert at night, 
to usher and collect subscriptions for bonds or war drives. 

It is difficult to estimate the actual amount collected 
by the corps during the period of their war service from 



302 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

July, 191 8 to the close of the Fifth Liberty Loan; but it is 
safe to say that in cash and subscriptions at least two 
hundred thousand dollars passed through their hands. 

They participated in the activities incident upon the 
visit to New Rochelle of the Italian Runners, Belgian 
soldiers, the French band, Sousa's band from Great Lakes 
Training Station, Spanish War Veterans, and the Amer- 
ican Legion. They-played on the steps of the New York 
Public Library in aid of the National League for Woman's 
Service, and assisted Mme. Paderewski on White Cross 
Day, inspiring her to form a similar organization among 
Polish girls. They played and collected subscriptions 
at the New Haven Station for the Salvation Army, LInited 
Army, LInited War Work and Liberty Bond Campaigns; 
took part in plays and pageants for patriotic service; 
served as a band for the G. P. S. L. of New Rochelle and 
Mount Vernon, and ushered at theaters and church con- 
certs. 

With Miss Katherine Twohey as their inspiring Drum 
Major the Corps included: 

Buglers Drummers 

Mildred Cannon Helen Cary 

Marjorie Schmale Elizabeth Havey 

Jennie Holden Mildred Case 

Mollie Cunningham Helen Martin 

Jean Cunningham Mary Lewis 

Marion McQuillan Helen Kirchoff 

Irene Fowler Lillian Innecken 

Ida Herman Helen Rennicks 
Mary Lawton 

Rotha Silleck Cymbals 

Janette Perley 

Martha Graves Blanche Seltman 



THE FIFE, DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS 

Fifers 



303 



Pauline Bowen 
Dorothy Mason 
Alice Bell 
Rhoda Goldsmith 
Elsa Brainin 
Margaret Kildunn 
Blanche Presheldt 
Janet Bonnington 
Betty M. Curtis 
Madeline Foy 
Doris Farrington 
Marie Navey 

Frances 



Cli 



Florence Garrison 
Ethel Tobin 
Emma Farley 
Marion Lippoth 
Olga Synowitz 
Anna Synowitz 
Ijllian Gary 
Helen Kelly 
Dorothy Finch 
Elizabeth Pryor 
Ida Barrett 
Clara Greenwood 
nton 



Among the " appreciations" tendered the corps in recog- 
nition of their services was a very flattering and persistent 
offer from an enterprising amusement manager to tour this 
body of girls throughout the country; but more highly 
treasured by them are the following letters from their 
fellow citizens sent to the local press, and from the Mayor 
of New Rochelle. 



"Praise Girls Corps 

"October 3, 1918. 

"To the Editor. 

" Sir: On the first three mornings of this week meetings 
were held at the New Haven station for the purpose of 
urging commuters to subscribe for their bonds in New 
Rochelle. The work would have been hopeless had it 
not been for the New Rochelle Girls' Fife and Drum 



304 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Corps. Their martial music was inspiring, and by elec- 
trifying the atmosphere the speakers' work was made 
easy. 

"We venture to say that the Fife and Drum Corps is 
worth twenty public speakers, and we who had to do 
with the meetings feel that some public recognition is 
due them. 

"We should appreciate it if you would publish this 
word of appreciation. 

"\"ery truK' yours, 

"Arthur Garfield Hays, 
"Walter Drey." 

"Office of the Mayor, 
"November 14, 191 8. 

"My dear Mrs. Lash: 

"I want to take this occasion to thank you for the 
good services rendered to the City by your Girls' 
Patriotic Service League Fife and Drum Corps in 
plaving "taps" in front of the City Hall during the past 
month. This service it was impossible for us to get any 
other place, otherwise we would not have called on 
you for this hard duty, so therefore appreciate it just 
that much more on account of your helping us out. 
"Yours very truly, 

"Frederick H. Waldorf, 
"Mrtvor." 

The Drum Corps has taken part, collectively or in 
groups 125 times publicly in Patriotic Service; actually 
taking the place of soldiers, at times, as when the buglers 
appeared in detail of two to play at the City Hall for a 
period covering fifty-three nights. 



THE NAVY LEAGUE 

By Mrs. Nicholas H. Stavey, President 

At the suggestion of Wm. H. Stayton, Secretary of the 
Navy League, a branch of the League was organized in 
New Rochelle, May, 1917. The Rector of Trinity Church, 
Rev. Dr. Chas. F. Canedy, placed the Trinity Parish 
House at the disposal of the League for meetings without 
any cost whatever to the League. Many donations of 
money were received and a knitting machine. 

The work was begun with much enthusiasm and many 
earnest workers gave of their means and time most unself- 
ishly. Meetings were held regularly on every Monday 
of each week from May, 191 7, until December, 191 8, after 
which knitting was still continued, but the regular weekly 
meetings were discontinued. 

The submarines "03" and "04" were supplied with 
outfits consisting of sweaters, mufflers, socks and wristlets. 
Nearly twelve hundred articles have been made which 
included those sent to Washington and those given to sail- 
ors individually. Comfort kits were also sent out in a 
small way. Many letters of thanks were received express- 
ing the gratitude of the boys. One hundred and forty- 
two names are the membership list as follows: 

NAVY LEAGUE 

Officers and Members 

Mrs. Nicholas H. Stavey, President 
Mrs. C. G. C. Carville, Vice-President 
20 305 



306 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Mrs. J. W. R. Crawford, Vice-President 

Mrs. Wm. L. Wells, Vice-President 

Mrs, Clarence C. Guion, Vice-President 

Miss Margarite Lomia, Vice-President 

Miss Adele LeCount Adams, Vice-President 

Mrs. J. K. Dawson, Vice-President 

Miss Julia Ely, Vice-President 

Mrs. Carrie T. Stevens, Treasurer and Recording Sec. 

Mrs. Chas. H. Williams, Corresponding Secretary 





MEMBERS 


Mrs. 


Frederick A. Archibald 


Mrs. x^rthur W. Cole 


Mrs. 


J. S. Alexander 


Miss Laura Churchill 


Mrs. 


Harry A. Aikenhead 


Miss Anna Cronise 


Mrs. 


Adwin Buck 


Miss Grace Cronise 


Mrs. 


Alfia E. Barlow, Jr. 


Miss E. A. Clarke 


Mrs. 


Chas. Burgoyne 


Mrs. J. P. Crowdrey 


Mrs. 


B. Schneider 


Mrs. Wm. L. Crawford 


Mrs. 


A. K. Boyd 


Mrs. David Carll 


Miss 


Florence Berger 


Mrs. Chas. F. Canedy 


Miss 


Sarah M. Baldwin 


Miss Gladys Cole 


Mrs. 


Joseph Burger 


Mrs. Theo. E. Conklin 


Mrs. 


A. A. Ball 


Mrs. Jessie Col brook 


Miss 


Marie Bradley 


Mrs. F. T. Clark 


Mrs. 


Edward Bleck 


Mrs. Annie E. Cornell 


Miss 


Harriet Ball 


Mrs. Edwin J. Cordial 


Mrs. 


W. N. Butler 


Miss Bridget Curry 


Mrs. 


A. F. Bradley 


Mrs. Arthur Chase 


Mrs. 


F. T. Beardsley 


Miss Charlotte Doering 


Mrs. 


Edward T. Blakely 


Miss Emily Drisbrow 


Miss 


Louise Bonnett 


Mrs. Owen Davies 


Mrs. 


Michael J. Connolly 


Mrs. Robt. Dietrich 


Miss 


A. J. Cole 


Miss Julia Ely 



THE NAVY LEAGUE 



307 



Miss C. H. Ellis 

Mrs. Geo. E. Edwards 

Miss Josephine Edwards 

Miss Content Fessender 

Miss Gertrude Fonda 

Miss Fletcher 

Mrs. John H. Fuschius 

Miss Naomi Francis 

Mrs. Wm. Ferns 

Miss Charlotte Creaton 

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Gorham 

Mrs. Chas. B. Grimes 

Mrs. Frank Good 

Mrs. Clarence Hartough 

Miss Ann Holmes 

Mrs. Augustus M. Huested 

Miss Harriet Huested 

Mrs. E. J. Hanson 

Miss Isabelle Halstedt 

Mrs. Phillip Hoffman 

Miss E. Hubbard 

Mrs. John H. Hawkins 

Miss Ida Hentze 

Mrs. Horace Howland 

Mrs. Alpheus W. Hoyt 

Miss K. Huntington 

Mrs. Alice P. Hudson 

Mrs. Columbus O'D. Iselin 

Mrs. Frederick Jenkins 

Miss Gladys Jones 

Miss C. P. Johnson 

Miss Koch 

Miss Margaret Kelly 

Mrs. C. H. King 



Mrs. Albert M. Kreitler 
Miss Maud Kerr 
Miss Bridget M. Kenny 
Miss Isabelle C. Lomia 
Mrs. John F. Lovejoy 
Mrs. Chas. H. Leonard 
Miss xAnnie Lambden 
Mrs. Elizabeth Lambden 
Miss Robini F. Merrill 
Mr. Stanley H. Miner 
Mrs. Harry E. McCormick 
Miss Morton 
Mrs. Wm. A. Moore 
Mrs. Thos. Mooney 
Miss Bessie Mortimer 
Mrs. James J. Montague 
Mrs. Douglas Muir 
Mrs. Thos. P. Noonan 
Miss x'\nnie New 
Miss Ellen Ogden 
Mrs. \V. G. Otto 
Miss Melina L. Purdon 
Miss Mary Patterson 
Mrs. W. M. Patterson 
Mrs. Geo. A. Peck 
Mrs. D. T. Peck 
Miss Alice Philbrick 
Mrs. D. T. Prelsifer 
Miss Emma Potter 
Miss Annie Reisig 
Mrs. Geo. Reynolds 
Miss Katherine Reynolds 
Mrs. Lewis Richards 
Mrs. C. F, Reisig 



30S NEW ROCHELLK: HER PAR F IN THE CiREAT WAR 

Miss Maud L. Stavey Mrs. E. B. Tatt 

Mrs. Chas. H. Sunderland Miss Emma Taft 

Mrs. C. K. Schumonser Dr. Wm. L. Wells 

Mrs. N. A. Smythe Mrs. \V. Z. \an Zelm 

Mrs. Jas. Stern Miss C. A. Wilson 

Miss borothy Schoop Mrs. M. D. M. Woodcock 

Mrs. Wm. Schmidtmann Mrs. Benjamin Witlhaupter 

Miss Elma G. Schroder Mrs. F. B. Wood 

Mrs. Lester Spaulding Mrs. Dunbar Wright 

Mrs. James Scarls Sedznick Mrs. Wm. G. Wallace 

Miss May Swift Mrs. W. B. Weston 

Mrs. j. G. F. Schmonsees Mrs. Ward 

Mr. W. C. Slavin Miss Estette Ward 

Lieut. A. W. Stavey, U.S.N. Mr. W. R. Wheeler 



THE INFLUENZA AT FORT SLOCUM 

By CONVY CONNELL 

This is a story of women — New Rochelle women — and 
the Spanish influenza which swept Fort Slocum like a 
scourge in October, 191 8. 

The first of the big contingent of recruits began arriving 
at Slocum October 4th. Trainload after trainload of new 
men followed it until by the seventh, three thousand re- 
cruits had been poured into the camp. Within a week 
the frightful plague brought with them — the "flu" — had 
enveloped the entire cantonment. 

On October 14th the scourge was at its height with eight 
hundred sick in the Fort Slocum Hospital. In one day 
fourteen had died. In the three weeks of its duration 
1200 stricken men had been cared for there — with only 
five nurses available of the hospital's original staff. 

This meant that of a total of five thousand men in the 
Fort, more than a fifth had fallen prey to the influenza. 
Of that fifth more than one hundred had died. 

When the plague broke out, the hospital was helpless. 
Doctors, nurses, medical supplies were unavailable in 
sufficient numbers. One welfare worker, who labored 
twenty hours a day until the epidemic was over, knew 
what to do. He called for help — to the women of New 
Rochelle. 

What was needed he got — from New Rochelle women. 
All that the army was unprepared to supply in the emer- 

309 



310 NEW UOC'UELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

gency, so pressing that army machinery could not cope 
with it, was forthcoming at once. 

Everything from surgical instruments and medicines 
to custards and jellies, from clinical thermometers and 
automobiles to sputum cups and flowers, from soap and 
sweaters to broths, cakes, and fruit. New Rochelle women 
turned out overnight — masks, gowns, invalid cushions, 
atomizers, hypodermic syringes, needles, wines. Nothing 
was forgotten. Their individual service for sick men can- 
not be tabulated. Telegraph, telephone, messenger, and 
letter service was expedited in big volume. 

One instance is worth while. Two New Rochelle girls, 
due in New York on a pressing engagement, canceled it 
and went home immediately when told that the Fort 
Slocum Hospital needed delicacies for convalescents. 
They rolled up their sleeves and dipped into the kitchen 
flour barrel, and mixed dough and baked all day and the 
best part of the night. That night they delivered seventy- 
five cakes at Slocum. 

Another instance: a welfare worker appeared at Trinity 
Church, New Rochelle, during an exhibit. He wanted 
graduate nurses. The five at the hospital in Slocum could 
not do the tremendous work required of them. There 
were 850 cots, virtually all in use. If placed in a row at 
Hospital intervals they would stretch out one and a half 
miles. 

New Rochelle women who knew where trained nurses 
night be procured dropped everything and went at 
once to the telephone and called up New York, Brook- 
lyn, and New Jersey points. The nurses arrived in 
time. 

There is no reflection on the Fort Slocum Hospital 
authorities in this narration. The demands of the crisis 
which developed virtually "overnight" were too much for 



THE INFLUExVZA AT FORT SLOCUM 3II 

any organization unprepared for the sudden onslaught of a 
terrible epidemic. 

The assistance and the interest of New Rochelle women 
were so universal that the following excerpts from the 
report of a welfare worker who was on duty constantly at 
the hospital are of special interest: 

"During the month I interviewed more than 1500 
men and served more than 1000. On Thursday, the 
17th of October, my messages from men in the hospital 
were 106. My nights were fully occupied in transferring 
the boys' messages to a volunteer staff of letter writers 
in New Rochelle who promptly forwarded them; also 
in collecting the numberless jars, bowls, and packages of 
food and fruit which were always prepared and in 
readiness for my call. In this way the dietician was 
kept supplied with needed broths, custards, jellies, 
cakes, and fruit for convalescent patients. 

"In two weeks I referred to army chaplains forty 
cases of dying men and gave such spiritual comfort as I 
myself could to from five to eight boys a day who died 
while I was at their bedside. It was some satisfaction 
to know that through the use of the telegraph and tele- 
phone and letter writing that relatives were brought 
to patients in no less than fifty cases. 

"These various articles were called for and distributed 
personally: 1000 cakes, 25 puddings and pies, 50 broths 
and custards, 40 jellies, 5 baskets of grapes, 2 cases of 
melons, 4 boxes of oranges, and 2000 apples. Twenty 
dollars' worth of small silk American flags did more to 
cheer the patients than any other single thing. There 
were sent 350 letters, 36 telegrams, and 75 telephone 
messages; newspapers were supplied to 19 ward men 
daily for two weeks. Eighty dollars' worth of drugs and 



S12 M:\V H()( HKLLK: IIKH I'AKT IN lllH (iHKAT WAH 

medical supplies were delivered and $^^oo worth of 
instruments, appliances, and medical goods, including 
200 clinical thermometers, 4000 sputum cups, and h\'po 
syringes and needles, optical lenses, and surgical goods 
were supplied to doctors, nurses, and patients. I dis- 
trdnited besides these articles, j,o sweaters and 30 
comfort kits, made for me from materials supplied. 

"Seven nurses were procured through the untiring 
efforts of friends. 

" Contributed articles: 

"Broths: Twenty jars of chicken broth, mutton, and 
other kinds were made by the women of New Rochelle 
for the sick nurses and doctors and patients, Miss 
Dolly Bricka, Miss Mary Bissell, and Mrs. M. B. Smith 
doing much. 

"Cakes: Miss Katherine Twohey sent several hun- 
dred; Miss Helen Alley antl her sister l\mily made 100. 
Miss Edith Striker made 100 and a score ot other 
ladies contributed cakes of their own make. These 
included Mrs. Edmund Sinclair, Mrs. Ketchum, Mrs. 
Harry Denmead, Miss Mary Bissell, Miss Dolly 
Bricka, Mrs. Smith of Burlington Shop, Miss Kdna 
Schroder, Miss Rough, Mrs. Chas. ]. Dunlap, Miss 
Ethel Elderkin, Mrs. N. Edward White, Miss Louise K. 
Goldman, Mrs. Alexander Eraser, Miss Berry of Argyle 
Avenue, Mrs. Geo. Boardingham, and Mrs. R. M. 
Donzel. 

"Chocolate Bars: Miss Mary Rae and other ladies 
sent great quantities. 

"Clinical Thermometers: Fifty were paid for and 
sent in by Mr. Daniel M. Noonan of Davis Avenue, 
and fifteen collected from a few friends by Hugh H. 
Thomson. 

"Comfort Kits: Thirty comfort kits were made on 



'JUK JMLI K\ZA AT lOlfl .-LO( ( M 313 

request by Miss Mabel Arterburn, Miss Milton, and 
other ladies of Xew Rochelle, and distributed to the 
men in need of same. Mrs. J. C. Ellrodt and Miss 
Marie Ellrodt, Miss Sara Arterburn, and Miss Sinclair 
provided comfort kits for needy soldier men. 

" Crullers: One hundred crullers were made and sent 
in by the ladies of Mrs. Clarence S. Weller's Red Cross 
Canteen Team. 

"Custards: Thirty jars supplied by these among 
others: Mrs. Sinclair, Miss Agnes Butler, Mrs. M. 
B. Smith, Mrs. Weller, Miss Adele Le Count, Mrs. 
Edna Douglas, and Miss Dorothy Douglas. 

" Drinking Glasses: Mr. A. Tarshos of the Huguenot 
Street 25 cent store, contributed several dozen glasses. 

"Druggist's Sundries: Mr. Xoonan supplied medi- 
cine droppers and other sundries. 

"Flowers: Twenty dollars' worth were contributed 
by Miss Marie Kindrigan and there were other lavish 
gifts of flowers by Mrs. Paterson, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. 
Oscar Rixson, Miss Mary Bissell, Miss Dolly Bricka, 
Mrs. Stuart Ketchum, Miss Dorothy Douglas, Mrs. 
Sinclair, Mrs. E. G. Reynolds, and others. 

"Grapes: Baskets by Mrs. Leonard C. Ketchum, 
Mrs. E. S. Bradford, and Miss Clara Talbot of High- 
land Park. Also other fruit from Mrs. Robert Kliene 
of Leland Avenue and Miss Maud Stavey of Elm Street. 

"Jellies: Forty jars from many ladies including 
Mrs. Radford Pitt, Mrs. John Woods Stewart, 
Mrs. L. Eisenstadt of North Avenue, and Miss Clara 
Talbot's team at Trinity School. 

"Medicinal Goods: Thirty dollars' worth paid for 
and sent in by Miss Bissell of Davis Avenue. 

"Oranges: Several hundred sent in by E. Irving 
Hanson. A crate from Joe Steinhardt of Steinhardt & 



314 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Kelly and several dozen given by Mrs. Edward L. 
Coster. 

"Pies: Quantities of large pies were made and sent 
by Mrs. M. B. Smith of the 'Burlington,' Mrs. Edna 
Douglas of Cedar Road, and Mrs. Alexander Eraser. 

"Puddings: Twenty bowls from various ladies of 
New Rochelle. 

" Reading Matter: Fifty-five dollars' worth paid for 
and sent in by Edmund W. Sinclair. These were new 
books and magazines, principally the 'Silent Partner' 
which were carefully distributed to, and greatly appre- 
ciated by a large number of intelligent, thoughtful 
readers among the soldier boys. 

"Sputum Cups: About looo cups paid for and sent 
in by Mr. Noonan who had them collected for him from 
fifteen different drug stores in nearby cities. 

"Invalid Cushions: Miss Bissell and Mrs. Hawes 
contributed. 

"Sweaters: Thirty sweaters made on request for 
urgent cases from wool supplied by Miss Mary Bissell 
and Miss Milton and furnished to men much in need of 
same." 



THE FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN 

By Leroy Frantz, Chairman 

The first I heard regarding the Victory Loan in New 
Rochelle was that a chairman had been found and I 
felt much relieved. An organization meeting was called 
at Police Headquarters for Tuesday evening, April 8th, 
and I attended with the intention of offering my services 
to the chairman during the campaign. On arriving at 
the meeting, I found that we had no chairman and it 
seemed impossible to secure one. Mr. Hanson suggested 
my name and made a most convincing speech, as only he 
is able, setting forth that it was my duty to undertake the 
work. There being less than two weeks' time to organize 
for the campaign and no one else being willing to undertake 
the work, I felt it my duty to assume the responsibility, 
and I accepted the position on the promise that every one 
present would give me full support and assistance. 

Mr. H. T. Atwater from the New York Headquarters 
of the Second Federal Reserve District was present and 
outlined the plans for publicity by the Central Com- 
mittees. It being near midnight by this time the meeting 
adjourned and I went home, realizing more each moment 
what a task I had undertaken. From that moment until 
May loth I had little time to think of anything but the 
loan campaign. 

The next few days I spent reviewing the work as 
carried on in former loans, discussing plans with those 

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who had been elosely assoeiared with the work hetore, and 
selecting coniniittees and chairmen. With only ten days 
to complete an organization which had required trom tour 
to six weeks in former loans it was necessary to work 
rapidly. 

The vice-chairman aiul K\ecuti\e Committee were 
selected, the \anous working conunittees drawn up ami 
chairmen appointed and reported at the next meeting of 
the committee held on April i ith at Police Headquarters. 

There was considerable di\'ersity ot opinion in the 
Executive Committee as to the best method to pursue in 
approaching the people for the Fifth Loan. In former 
loans the Police Auxiliary had conducted a house to house 
canvass of the town with excellent results. Some telt 
that it would be difhcult to get men to do this work and 
that we should endeavor to get the people to go to certain 
headquarters in their district and enter their subscriptions, 
small committees being appointed in each locality to 
follow up and bring out their neighbors. 

Lvman Gray and Harry J. Schley tavored making the 
canvass with the Auxiliary Police reenforced with other 
volunteers. After much discussion Mr. Gray and Mr. 
Schlev were appointed a canvassing committee to inter- 
view the Auxiliary Police and to work out and submit a 
plan for canvassing at the next meeting. 

At the next meeting of the committee on April 14th, 
Mr. Grav reported that the Police Auxiliary had held a 
meeting and loyalK' pledged themselves to conduct a 
canvass through the city as in the past loans. This ofler 
was gladly accepted by the committee and it was decided 
that the Police Auxiliary should be given a free field for 
the first two weeks and that the third and last week all 
organizations should be asked to join in a final rousing 
campaign and canvass. 



THE I JI'JH LIIJEK'J'Y LOAN 317 

Mr. E. G. Reynolds, Jr., our able secretary, who by the 
way acted as secretary for the Fourth Loan and who could 
always be counted on to do what the other fellow could 
not, presented a new problem to the committee with the 
announcement that Mr. C. T. Lloyd, our treasurer, had 
been taken suddenly ill and would not be able to serve. 
He suggested Mr. F. A. Rellstab as a capable substitute. 
Mr. Rellstab was elected and accepted, and every bank 
in the city reported at the conclusion of the loan that 
the treasurer's office had been handled in the most efficient 
and satisfactory manner. 

Publicity Headquarters were established in the Soldiers' 
and Sailors' Club in the Y. \l. C. A. Building on Main 
Street in charge of the Woman's Committee, headed by 
Mrs. \Vm. M. Harding, and throughout the campaign she 
or some member of her committee was on hand at all times 
of the day. 

Duplicate card lists of every householder had to be pre- 
pared for the Police Auxiliary canvassers. The Woman's 
Committee was called upon and for five days from ten to 
fifteen women worked steadily at Headquarters trans- 
scribing these lists from the Fourth Loan cards. Every 
woman who worked there is deserving of your thanks and 
appreciation for it was tedious and uninteresting work, 
but most necessary and important. 

About forty members attended the general committee 
meeting held at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club on April 
17th. Dr. Charles T. Baylis gave a stirring address on 
the "Vision that the War has given us." A program of 
events was announced by the chairman and all urged to 
give their assistance to the campaign. 

Following this meeting a meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee was held and final plans laid for the opening of the 
campaign on Sunday night, April 20th, at Loew's Theater. 



3l8 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Saturday before the opening of the campaign found us 
without subscription blanks or any literature and believing 
in the old motto, "The Lord helps them who help them- 
selves," I drove my car to town and spent all afternoon 
chasing officials and superintending the filling of our orders 
for printed matter in a half dozen dark and dingy loft 
buildings in lower New York, which had been rented by 
District Headquarters, and at seven p.m. Saturday night 
I reached New Rochelle again with an auto loaded with 
our ammunition to start the drive Sunday and Monday. 

Sunday afternoon, April 20th, Edmund J. Cabaret and 
a few others decorated Loew's Theater with American and 
Allied flags preparatory to the meeting that evening, and 
at all following theater meetings Mr. Cabaret attended 
to this work. 

The opening meeting of the campaign was fairly well 
attended although many seats were vacant in the gallery. 
Mr. John G. Agar acted as presiding officer and delivered 
a most inspiring appeal for the coming loan. Ft. Slocum 
band was placed at the service of the Committee and 
throughout the campaign we could always count on it 
through the kind permission of Col. Kingsbury. 

A number of local men who had seen active service on 
the other side related interesting stories of their work and 
called on the citizens of New Rochelle to subscribe to the 
present loan to the end that those men who had not been 
so fortunate as themselves might be properly taken care 
of. Among the men who spoke were: 

CapL John M. Lovejoy 

Lieut. Francis T. Hunter 

Aspirant Edw. Lyman Bill, French Artillery 

Corp. Marshall Raymond 

Major David A. L'Esperance, 115th Colored Infantry 



THE FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN 319 

Lieut. Carl H. Blanchard of San Antonio, Texas, who 
was sent by the Speakers Committee from District Head- 
quarters, also gave a most stirring address. 

In the middle of the program an appeal for subscriptions 
to start the loan was made from the platform by members 
of the " Money Hounds " and when completed it was found 
we had a substantial total of subscriptions to start the 
Fifth and last Liberty Loan in New Rochelle. 

Publicity Headquarters in New York had secured from 
the War Department many captured German cannons 
and war trophies, but what seemed of most interest to all 
citizens were the large and small tanks which were sent 
from town to town throughout the campaign. 

On Monday, April 2ist, two small tanks drove the 
length of Main Street in fighting array. It was a strange 
sight to see those steel monsters crawling through our 
peaceful city. If they had come at any other time of the 
day and week I believe it would have been of great assist- 
ance in the campaign. They arrived about nine o'clock 
Monday morning, however, and few people were on the 
street. Those who were had their own affairs to attend 
to at the beginning of a busy week. The tanks stopped in 
front of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club and a young soldier 
who accompanied them made an appeal to the crowd that 
gathered, most of whom were children. No response was 
forthcoming from this appeal and after canvassing the 
crowd and a few of the adjoining business establishments 
the best we could do was a few small subscriptions. I 
had prepared the lieutenant in charge of the tanks for 
such a reception at such a time and although somewhat 
disappointed he did not feel discouraged by the result 
under the circumstances. 

The first week of the campaign was largely occupied in 
completing the organization of the canvass by the Police 



320 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Auxiliary, the preparation of publicity matters and the 
final perfecting of our organization. Headquarters had 
been established in the City Court building at 23 Lawton 
Street. One large room was given over to the ladies for 
the preparation and mailing of letters and later in the 
campaign to the treasurer's department who kept a de- 
tailed record of all subscriptions going through the Police 
Auxiliary, the banks, and other sources. 

It did not seem possible to secure a room for the chair- 
man's headquarters, but as a last resort I approached 
Judge Swinburne for the use of his office and he willingly 
offered it to the committee. Mrs. Edith Wolcott was 
employed for the campaign and when I was not at head- 
quarters she most ably attended to all details. She had 
had former experience which qualified her well for the 
position and the smooth running of the entire campaign 
was to a great extent attributable to her untiring 
work. 

Saturday, April 26th, was celebrated as the Twentieth 
Anniversary of the founding of New Rochelle as a city. 
The city authorities and the Victory Loan Committee 
worked together to organize a parade, both as a celebra- 
tion for the city's anniversary and to boom the Victory 
Loan. The day was cold and overcast and not conducive 
to a large attendance to view the parade. In spite of 
this, however. North Avenue, Huguenot Street, and Main 
Street were crowded and the parade was probably one of 
the most successful ever attempted in New Rochelle. No 
subscriptions were solicited but through banners and 
other advertising an appeal was made on behalf of the 
loan. 

The next large public meeting held in the interests of 
the loan was at Loew's Theater Sunday evening, April 
27th. The motion picture film entitled "The Price of 



THE FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN 32 1 

Peace" was furnished by the Government and was the 
the feature of the evening. The house was well filled and 
the picture considered so interesting and so well received 
by those present that it was decided by the committee 
to repeat the picture the following week. Mr. Wm. Jud- 
son Clark acted as presiding officer and after the first 
two reels of the picture had been shown, Mrs. Clark ad- 
dressed the meeting and made an especial appeal to the 
mothers of the country to support their own boys and 
the sons ot others by working and subscribing for Victory 
bonds. 

Col. Wm. A. Mclntyre of the Salvation Arn^y, and his 
two daughters, Irene and Gladys, who attained inter- 
national fame by their active work in the trenches and 
behind the lines in France, came from Mt. Vernon to 
assist us. Col. Mclntyre made a brief but most inter- 
esting address. The "Doughnut Girls" as his daughters 
were known, then appeared upon the stage and were 
greeted with hearty applause, especially by the uniformed 
men in the audience. Following these addresses Mr. 
Percy Hemus conducted a most successful drive for bond 
subscriptions and a total of 1 100,000 was subscribed. 
This was most encouraging to the chairman and com- 
mittee and was a fitting conclusion to the first week of the 
drive. 

In the second week of the campaign subscriptions came 
slowly and it was the opinion of the committee that the 
citizens had not yet been aroused to the necessity of mak- 
ing this last loan a great success, both as a duty to the 
nation and to uphold the glorious record of New Rochelle 
in all former war work. 

An emergency meeting of the Executive and Advisory 
Committees was called for Friday evening at Police Head- 
quarters in order to impress upon the members the neces- 



322 x\EW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

sity for redoubled efforts during the last week of the cam- 
paign. Only thirty-one members out of two hundred 
responded to the call for this meeting, the same small 
handful of the faithful to whom I referred earlier in this 
article. The figures for the first two weeks of the Cam- 
paign were set before them and the seriousness of the 
situation explained. Up to that date we had received 
only 934 subscriptions totahng 1331,050 as compared with 
subscriptions totaling |i, 206,750 for the same period in 
the Fourth Loan. Those present were called upon for 
suggestions and various plans were offered for speeding up 
the drive during the last week of the loan. Realizing 
that we must look to the large subscribers in this loan 
more than in former loans, a special committee was ap- 
pointed to canvass those people who we thought might 
be able to take large amounts of bonds. An emergency 
honor roll was prepared on which the names of all citizens 
taking ^5000 or more were to be inscribed. Mr. A. W. 
Penndorf prepared a beautiful parchment scroll for this 
purpose and offered to inscribe the names thereon for the 
committee. All present at this meeting promised to re- 
double their efforts during the coming week and endeavor 
to enlist the services of their friends. 

The banks of New Rochelle were appealed to by the 
committee to extend more favorable terms to borrowers 
for the purchase of Victory Bonds. They agreed to this 
and not only extended the accommodation offered by 
New York banks but offered the citizens of New Rochelle 
more liberal terms as an encouragement to purchase 
larger amounts of Victory Bonds. The banks cooperated 
with the committee at all times and their services during 
the various loans were of the greatest value. 

At this period of the campaign prospects did not look 
bright and I will admit that the results were not en- 



THE FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN 323 

couraging. New Rochelle, however, had made such a 
commendable record in all war activities that I felt con- 
fident the final results would not be disappointing and 
that we would complete our record in the same patriotic 
spirit that had always been shown. 

In the final week of the campaign all organizations 
were given a free hand to solicit subscriptions from every 
source and we knew that many who had been holding 
their subscriptions to give credit to such organizations 
as the Boy Scouts, Girls' Patriotic Service League, 
the schools, etc., would be forthcoming in the last 
week. 

A meeting of the Theater Committee was held April 
30th and it was decided to conduct a drive at Loew's 
Theater, Saturday evening, May 3d, and every night 
thereafter until the end of the campaign the following 
Saturday. One member of the committee was appointed 
to take charge each evening and it was decided that he 
should hold the stage alone, all other members of the 
"Money Hounds" playing up to him. Experience had 
shown us that this method was better than having several 
figures on the stage at one time making separate appeals 
to the audience. Messrs. Otto, Hemus, Cordial, Ritchie, 
and Hanson were designated as leaders of the Hounds on 
the various evenings. A drive was made at each of the 
two performances each evening during the week with 
great success. 

Mr. Percy Hemus was again persuaded to make the 
appeal for the loan at the Sunday night meeting on May 
4th. The war film "The Price of Peace" which had been 
shown the preceding Sunday was again made the attrac- 
tion of the meeting. At former theater meetings the 
members of the Girls' Patriotic Service League Fife and 
Drum Corps acted as ushers and solicitors in the audience. 



324 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

At this meeting the Red Cross Canteen Workers were 
present, dressed in their attractive uniforms, and no doubt 
many an additional bond subscription was pried from male 
members of the audience through the winning smiles of the 
girl canteen workers. 

When the curtain arose, following the first two reels of 
the picture, there were seated on the platform four of our 
local citizens who had been through the thickest of the 
fighting in France, all of whom had been decorated for 
their exceptional bravery. There was also Sgt. Percy 
Harms who was in charge of the film and who had been 
seriously wounded in several aerial combats. George 
Langlitz, one of our local boys, represented the Navy. 

Mr. Hemus introduced each veteran separately to the 
audience and appealed tor subscriptions to Victory Bonds 
in recognition of each man's service. 

James Kelly, a former member of our police force, 
accounted for subscriptions totaling 133,000. 

John J. Finn, a former local letter carrier, accounted for 
135,000. 

Sgt. Leon Washington, a member of the famous col- 
ored regiment, 15th Infantry, National Guard of New 
York, accounted for ^30,000. 

Harry P. Carrozo, a member of the famous Marine 
regiment which first broke the Hindenburg line and 
formerly an employee of the Westchester Railroad Co., 
accounted for $37,850. 

George Langlitz, representing the Navy, accounted for 
125,250. 

Percy Harms represented subscriptions of $28,600. 

Mr. Hemus with these heroes to assist him made the 
most touching appeal to the audience which has ever been 
made in New Rochelle and few could withstand his elo- 
quence and enthusiasm. I am confident we owe many 



THE FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN 325 

thousands of dollars subscribed that night directly to Mr. 
Hemus's efforts. Although only a recent citizen in our 
city Mr. Hemus took great interest in all the war work 
activities and is probably as responsible for the success of 
the various campaigns as any one individual. His ability 
to reach the hearts and pocket books of the people was 
certainly not surpassed by any individual in New Rochelle. 
Subscriptions totaling ^192,100 were secured at this 
most successful meeting and these results were most 
encouraging. 

At the conclusion of the address Mr. E. Irving Hanson, 
who had acted as chairman of the meeting, presented 
medals to the following Boy Scouts for their work in the 
various Liberty Loan drives: 

Harry R. Denmead, Jr. Kinsman Krepps 
E. Irving Hanson, Jr. Robert Smythe 
William Van Zelm 



These scouts and many others of the local troops were 
of great assistance to the committee in many ways 
throughout the campaign, and should be given full credit 
for the work which they did. 

A squad of ten soldiers from Ft. Slocum was secured by 
the committee to assist in the theater drives and at the 
station during the last week of the loan and they carried 
on this work in conjunction with the Girls' Fife and Drum 
Corps and other workers. 

The Merchants' Association and various individual 
merchants of the town were approached and a luncheon 
was arranged for Wednesday, May yth, at the Lafayette 
Hotel. More than seventy (70) different merchants were 
represented and probably the most enthusiastic meeting 



326 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

of this nature ever held in New Rochelle resulted in 
subscriptions to the loan totaling |i 25,000. The meet- 
ing was such a success as a "get together party" for the 
various business and professional men of the town that a 
unanimous sentiment was expressed in favor of similar 
meetings in the future for the mutual benefit and enjoy- 
ment of all concerned. One of the indirect outgrowths 
of this meeting to date has been the organization of the 
Rotary Club of New Rochelle. 

Thursday morning, May 8th, a captured German sub- 
marine, U-48, dropped anchor in Echo Bay and a Gov- 
ernment submarine chaser drew up at the Yacht Club 
dock to take any citizen who would purchase a Liberty 
Bond aboard the German submarine. About ten o'clock 
the Mayor, some of the city officials, and the chairman 
and members of the Liberty Loan Committee paraded 
from the City Hall to Hudson Park, led by the Fort 
Slocum Band. Unfortunately the presence of the sub- 
marine had not been very widely advertised and there 
were few people present to avail themselves of this oppor- 
tunity to see that instrument of unrestricted submarine 
warfare used by the Germans, which was the direct cause 
of America entering the war. 

Several trips were made between the submarine and 
shore and I am sure the intricate mass of machinery neces- 
sary for the operation of the submarine was a revelation 
to those who visited the U-boat. The submarine was due 
at Mamaroneck at two o'clock so we could not persuade 
the captain to remain after one P. M. Subscriptions of 
about I3500 were the result of the U-boat's visit in 
Echo Bay. 

The last large public meeting of the campaign was held 
at St John's Methodist Episcopal Church, Thursday 
evening, May 8th. Mr. Albert Ritchie, the able chair- 



THE FIFTH LIBERTY LOAX 32? 

man of our Speakers' Committee, presided. Ex-Senator 
Thomas E. Burton of Ohio was secured as the speaker of 
the evening and through the kind efforts of Mr. Louis S. 
Ehrich the committee was able to offer a musical program 
by the following artists : Cecil Arden, Percy Hemus, Pierre 
Remington, and Geo. E. Musken. Cecil Arden made a 
special appeal to the audience with her Southern melodies. 
Senator Burton's patriotic address, combined with the 
sentimental appeal of the musical program, resulted in 
bond subscriptions totaling $250,000 and at the conclu- 
sion of the evening the committee felt assured of the 
success of the loan in New Rochelle. 

By Friday night subscriptions through the various 
sources brought the total up to the quota allotted us 
by the Government, but the committee did not slacken 
in their efforts as we wished to equal our city's records 
in former loans. The Woman's Committee, Red Cross, 
and the Girls' Patriotic Service League had made exten- 
sive plans for a complete canvass of the city through booths 
on the streets, in the banks, stores, stations, and all other 
points where it was thought any citizens who had not 
already taken a bond might be reached. 

Saturday night the complete returns from the banks 
and other agencies indicated total subscriptions of 
$2,150,000 or very close to 50% in excess of our allotted 
quota. Many large subscriptions had come in through 
the banks on this last day and our bookkeeping com- 
mittee was kept busy until midnight entering and totaling 
returns from all sources. By midnight the work had 
been completed and the various workers went home tired 
but gratified with the final results and with the feeling 
that these results had more than repaid them for the time 
and effort which they had given to the Victory Loan work. 

New Rochelle's quota as set by the Federal Reserve 



3^8 NEW ROCIIKLLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

District was $1,456,100. All towns exceeding their quota 
by 50% were entitled to a blue star on their Honor Mag 
and when the Treasurer and I checked up Monday morn- 
ing following the close of the Loan we tound that we were 
within about 140,000 of this figure. Being as close as 
this to the Honor Star 1 felt that we could easily make up 
this balance of $40,000 and spent the morning visiting 
the various banks and securing from them a list of large 
subscriptions on which the first payment had not been 
made and which therefore had not been included in their 
total. We called up a number of these people on the 
phone and asked them to make good on their subscriptions 
and practically all of them did so. The result was that 
our final figures for the fifth and last Liberty Loan were 
5457 subscriptions totaling $2,23^,300. Adding to this 
figure the subscriptions in the four previous loans in 
New Rochelle totaling $8,018,950 gave us a grand total 
of $10,252,250 subscribed by the citizens of New Rochelle 
to Liberty Bonds in less than two years. 

The Government supplied to the chairman small medals 
made of captured German cannons to be presented to those 
people who had been most active in the Liberty Loan 
work. It was rather difficult to select all those who were 
entitled to these medals, but with the advice of the various 
members of the Executive Committee a list was prepared 
and medals were mailed or delivered to the various active 
workers. 

It being impossible for the chairman or committee to 
compile a complete list of people who had worked in the 
loan to whom a letter of thanks and appreciation could be 
sent by the committee, it was deemed advisable to publicly 
express our thanks through the press to all those who had 
worked. This was therefore done in a letter from the chair- 
man and published in several local papers on May 1 5th. 



THE FIFTH LinKin"S LOAN 329 

The "Money Hounds" who had worked so untiringly 
throughout the fifth and all preceding loans wished to 
hold a farewell dinner at the conclusion of the loan. Mr, 
E. Irving Hanson was therefore appointed to arrange such 
a dinner and June 4th the entire pack of Hounds and 
other members of the committee who had been closely 
associated with it, about thirty in all, got together at the 
Wykagyl Country Club. 

It was only two days previous to the writing of this 
little story, Nov. 15, 191 9, that the Money Hounds were 
again called together by the leader of the pack, Frank J. 
Hermes, to start a movement for the construction of a 
j^ermanent memorial to our heroes in the world war. A 
movement for the collection of funds for this purpose was 
inaugurated by a subscription of $1000 from those present, 
and a campaign started to raise the necessary funds to 
erect this memorial in the near future, and it is hoped that 
It will be as successfully carried on as were the various 
Liberty Loan campaigns. 

On August 26th, 19 19, the treasurer, Mr. F. A. Rell- 
stab, submitted a final report for the treasurer's de- 
partment, a copy of which has been annexed hereto. 
This report showed a balance in the treasury after all bills 
and expenses had been paid amounting to 1 137.03. On 
October 6th I called a meeting at my house of a committee 
which had been especially appointed by the Executive 
Committee to dispose of such balance and at this meeting 
it was decided that that balance should be used to suitably 
frame the Honor Flags awarded to the City of New 
Rochelle in the various loans and that they should be dis- 
played in the High School Building as an inspiration for 
service to the future generation of young men and women 
of our city. 

All the records of the committee have been forwarded 



330 NKVV UOCilKLI.K: IIKI{ VMVV IN 'IMIK (JiniAT WAR 

to Mr. Shepard Morgan, Comptroller of the Government 
Loan Organization, 37 Liberty St., New York City, and 
when the Honor Mags have been framed and placed in the 
lligh School the work of the Liberty Loan Coimnittee 
will be coniplcted. 

i*ersonalIy, there was no work whicii i iiave ever done 
which gave me more pleasure and self satisfaction than 
the Liberty Loan work and I feel I can safely express the 
same sentiment for all who took part in this work. May 
the spirit of that work continue in the civic life of New 
Rochelle. 

T R K A S U R 1: R ' S R 1: 1 ' O R r 

"August 26th, 1919. 
"Mr. Lrrov I^'rantz, Chamnmi^ 

"Victory Liberty Loan Committee, 
"Bridge St., New kochcllc, N. V. 
" Df.ar Mr. I^'ran tz: 

" 1 beg to advise you that the work ot the Treasurer's 
Department has finally been completed, after a long 
delay in receiving retuntl of certain of our bills. How- 
ever, everything is now taken care of and I am pleased 
to report to you that we have a balance of |i 137.03 to 
our credit in the National City Bank after paying all 
our expenses which amounted to ;|^2,27i.4i. 

''RECEIPTS. Upon starting the drive we had a 
balance of 11^40.90 handed over to us by the committee 
of the 4th Loan Campaign; this with the I845 received 
from 85 contributors (as shown on schedule A) and the 
reimbursements from the New York Lleadcjuarters gave 
us a total of ;?2,4o8.44 in receipts. 

"EXPENSES. Our expenditures were all refunded 
for by the New York Headquarters with the exception 
of I748.47 as shown on schedules B and C. 



I'lIH KIKriI LIFJEHTY LOAN' 33 < 

''BALANCE. This leaves us a balance of $137.03 
as stated above, the final disposition of which 1 shall 
expect to receive advice from you at your early con- 
venience. 

''SUBSCRIPTIONS. I also hand you a statement 
showing the work of the respective divisions of the cam- 
paign organizations who accounted for 3943 subscribers 
for a total of $1,631,000. This is a commendable show- 
ing when you take into consideration the fact that the 
total number of subscribers as officially rept^rted by the 
banks was 5457 for a total sLd)scription of $2,233,300. 

"In closing 1 wish to say that the success of the work 
of my department was due in no small measure to the 
help by my very capable assistants Messrs. C. T. Lloyd, 
K. ]. Smyth, j. H. jeffrcss, R. I). McSwccney, H. 
JJenmead, and L. H. (loldsmith, whose aid was inval- 
uable. 

"If there is anything further that you need (jr desire, 
please do not hesitate to call on me. 

"Yours very truly, 
"Victory Liberty Loan Committkk, 

"(Signed) V. A. Rkllstab, Treasurer.'' 

Committees 

Chairman: Leroy Krani/ 

Vice-Chairman: Wm. Judson Clark. 

Treasurer: V. A. Rellstab 

Secretary: K. G. Reynolds, Jr. 

Hon. Harry E. Colwki-l Louis Kaun 

Sidney W. Goldsmiih Wm. K. Knox 

Lyman F. Gray Wm. A. Moore 

K. L<viNf; Hanson J. Marshall |-*erlev 



332 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 



Hon. John F. Healy 
Frank J. Hermes 
Oscar Heyman 
Lewis Iselin 



R. R. Rennie 
A. E. Thorn E 
Mayor Fred'k Waldorf 
Raymond J, Walters 



George Watsoi 



Executive Committee: 

Mrs. Wm. M. Harding 

Geo. L. Cade 

M. J. Carney 

Edw. M. Chase 

E. J. Cordial 

Edward Carson 

C, C. Gould 

Hon. E. S. Griffing 

C. B. Grimes 

J. B. Jeffress 

Wm. R. Laidlaw 

Richard Lathers, Jr. 

Edson S. Lott 

Russell 



Jere Milleman 
Chas. Otten 
Walter G. C. Otto 
Dr. Conde B. Fallen 
Sidney R. Perry 
Chas. F. Porter 
Hon. Geo. G. Raymond 
Albert Ritchie 
Geo. L Roberts 
Harry J. Schley 
C. S. Shumway 
RoBT. L Smyth 
C. D. Spalding 
A. Young 



IV Oman s Executive Committee: 

Mrs. H. G. B. Dayrell Mrs. John S. Twomey 



Mrs. A. V. A. McHarg 
Mrs. Wm. A. Moore 
Mrs. Alice V. Cady 
Mrs. Leroy Frantz 
Mrs. Montague Glass 

Treasurers: 
C. T. Lloyd 
RoBT. L Smyth 
C. B. Grimes 



Mrs. Edmund J. Levine 
Mrs. Lee Lash 
Mrs. Charles W. Barnes 
Mrs. Martin J. Keogh 
Mrs. Wm. M. Harding 



J, B. Jeffress 
Roger D. McSweeney 
L. H. Goldsmith 



Harry E. Denmead 



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333 



Publicity: 



Frank J. Hermes 



Sidney W. Goldsmith 

A. L. M. Bebb 
Canvassing: 

Lyman F. Gray 
Wm. Judson Clark 
Geo. L. Cade 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Riggs 
Parades and Meetings: 

Geo. H. Mohr E. Irving Hanson 

Charles F. Porter 



Edwin S. Young 
Harry J. Schley 
F. L. Beeton 



Speakers' Committee: 
Albert Ritchie 

Banking Arrangements. 
H. E. Colwell 
C. T. Lloyd 



Bank Subscriptions. 
R. R. Rennie 



Fraternal Orders: 

R. F. X. DOOLEY 

Merchants: 

Edward Carson 
R. Young 
Julius Kusche 
Charles Young 

Theaters: 

C. S. Shumway 



Police Committee: 
Lieut. John McGowan 



Churches: 

W. S. Hadaway 
Rodney Gibson 

Corporations and Industrials: Post Office: 

E. J. Cordial Gregory Dillon 

George Watson 

Police Auxiliary Post Captains: 

George A. Fisher W. H. Switzer 

L L. Smyth E A. Waydell 

Fred L. Beeton H. W. Haight 

H. G. B. Dayrell C. C. Gould 

R. R. Coats E. J. Cordial 



THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 
By Richard Leo Fallon, P. G. K. 

Perhaps the finest thought the human mind can 
cherish is the realization that a duty has been performed 
faithfully and well. While expressions of appreciation, 
gratitude, and commendation are welcomed by all of us, 
in the last analysis none can compare with that feeling of 
satisfaction and contentment that arises within our very 
souls upon the successful accomplishment of an undertak- 
ing that at one time appeared stupendous. 

Such a feeling must, therefore, beat in the heart of 
every real x'\merican to-day, for the result of the war was 
ample reward for the hardships endured during the pre- 
ceding two years or so. And such, indeed, is the feeling 
that pervades the heart of New Rochelle Council, Knights 
of Columbus. They were determined to help — they 
share in the reward. 

It would ill become the writer, as one deeply interested 
in the work of this great organization, to set forth the 
part played by the Knights during the World W^ar. As 
this article forms part of a history, however, to be handed 
down to future generations, the reader must treat it as a 
narrative and not as a boastful recital of accomplish- 
ments. 

Patriotism is one of the cardinal principles of the order, 
and the part played by New Rochelle Council simply 
followed the teachings of that principle. America needed 

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THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 335 

assistance — financial, moral, and physical. It became 
the duty of her sons and daughters to render that assist- 
ance in one way or another. 

At the outset of the great conflict Secretary of War 
Newton D. Baker, designated organizations to look after 
the welfare of the men in the service— the Jewish Welfare 
Board, the Y. M. C. A., the America Library Association, 
the Salvation Army, W. C. C. S., Y. W. C. A., and the K. 
of C. It was to this work, then, that the Knights directed 
most of their eff^orts. 

The work of the Order in gereral is well known to every 
reader of current history. And it must be remembered 
that subordinate councils were indeed subordinate. The 
greatest part of the work was to be carried on in camps 
and overseas. It would never do, then, to have each of 
the fifteen hundred or more councils attempting to carry 
on a welfare campaign on its own initiative. Funds were 
necessary for the larger field of endeavor and there could 
not be a duplication of effort. For that reason, the sub- 
ordinate councils were empowered to procure the neces- 
sary funds and forward them to National Headquarters 
at New Haven. How well did New Rochelle do its work? 
The quota of this Council for all drives was approximately 
fifty-two thousand dollars (152,000), whereas the total 
collected was approximately one hundred and eight 
thousand dollars ($108,000). This is indicative of the 
spirit of all the people of our fair city and is not due to 
the loyalty of the Knights of Columbus alone. Elsewhere 
in this book it will be shown that the people of New 
Rochelle oversubscribed their allotment in every Liberty 
Loan or war drive held in the city. 

In every parade or other public celebration held in New 
Rochelle during the war the Knights of Columbus took a 
leading part. They were actively interested in all the 



r^<^ M'-NN !{()( HKl.l.K: Ui:i{ I'AIM' IN I'llK (iUI.AI' \VAI{ 



1 .ibcrt\ 1 .i);in Drucs, t lie Red C'russ Di-n cs, aiul (he I Hi ted 
War Work C'aiiniaigii. hi tins latter ilfixe the\ eoii- 
trilniteii the use ot their eiuire IniiKliiig tor the purposes 
ot the etMiiiiiittt^e. They had the taeilities and throughout 
the war their aim was to help, heli\ help iii e\ er\ wa)- 
possible. 

The elub house was the scene ot dances, entertain- 
ments, wrestling matches, and boxing bouts ciMitinually. 
At all o\ these the bo\ s in uiiitorm were welciuiied guests. 
Wm- weie their aeti\ities eontined to New Koehelle. 
Pelham Hax Park aiul b'ort Sloeum wei"e cWten enluencil 
b\ the entertainments pi\)\ideil In the C (nineil. 

Perhaps the most erfectixe work accomplished, at least 
that which showed direct results, was that of Recruit 
Week. A chapter covering this topic will be found else- 
where 111 the book, but a historx ot the war work ot the 
Council would not be complete without reterring to it. 

It was indeeil a bus\' time tor all ot New Rochelle, and 
\\irticularl\ tor the knights ot Columbus, troni the 
moment " l\>m " Abrams walked into the club house (U-[ 
that tanious night t^t December loth, tollowed by si\t> cold 
and hungry bo\s, until the last tellow had lett the Cit\,, 
about two weeks atterwards. Brother Tom was on his 
wa\ home when he met these >oung men on Main Street, 
apparentl\ wantiering about the town aimlessK'. A tew 
questions from Tom, and he was con \i need this was a tune 
for action. Red tape is ot little service to tired and liun- 
gr\- boys on a cold night. Committees are very necessar\ 
at times, but their ileliberations cause delay. "Come 
with me, bo\ s," said Tom, and he leil them to the 1\. ot C. 
Hall, lie knew there would be warm hearts there to 
receive them- willing brothers to teed the Inns and make 
them comfortable for the night. Hri>ther Charles White, 
superintendent ot the building, was tat her to a big tamil\' 



I'm; KM(;nrs ok coi.cMmjs 337 

that tii^ht. lie brought as many as lie couhl aeeorritiHj- 
(late into his own home and assisted in j)rovidini4 sleej)ing 
accommodations for the f)fhers. 

The (hiys that, followed will never he forgotten by those 
who lived in New Kochelle during this history-making 
period. The C^ouncil building was committee head- 
(|uarters during Kccruit Week. 'The recruits were brought 
to the I lall as" they arrived iti New Kochelle, and after a 
hot meal, were directed and escorted tfj the varifKJs sleep- 
ing (piarters about the city. Mfjre than seventeen 
thousand live hundred meals were served at the I lall tf) 
these men during the week or two. Imvc thousand men 
were provided with sleeping accommfxlations. 

While the (government graciously offered tfj reimburse 
all organizations for the expense incurred, the Cf;uncil 
declined to make any claim for reimbursement. They 
had helped the boys who were volunteering for the sake 
of all of us. And these bf^ys were not slow to express 
their a];)preciation. That was payment in full to anyone, 
for ncjthing is sufficient cf^mpensatirm when compared 
to appreciati(;n. 

It would be difficult to recall the names of all wlif) 
rendered valuable help during this time. Mentirm must 
be made, h(;wever, of the name of that sterling exemplifi- 
cation of Columbianism, our worthy and respected Cirand 
Knight, Michael Hartnett. He seemed to be everywhere 
at once, frcmi early mfjrning until early the next n)orning, 
never tiring, always anxious to do mf;re. The same efforts 
characterized his activities all during the war, so none 
of us were surprised when we saw the manner in which he 
took hold during Recruit Week. 

Mrs. Charles W. Campbell, then President of the 
Catholic Women's League, seemed to be at the building 
night and day. No human being could do more than she 



338 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

did. With her many assistants from the CathoHc Women's 
League she kept the boys well supplied with hot meals. 

It is dangerous, of course, to attempt to specify names 
in matters of this kind. Specification suggests elimina- 
tion, but nothing of the sort is intended here. At the 
time of these activities no one thought of history writing 
and, of course, no notes were made of what was being 
done, or by whom. There were many ladies and men 
who deserve special mention for the manner in which they 
helped; but who will supply such a list at this date, two 
years later, and omit no one? W'e may mention leaders of 
organizations, such as Mrs. Campbell of the Catholic 
League, Mrs. Harry B. Brady (nee Mary Fletcher) of the 
Daughters of Isabella, and all the Children of Mary, the 
Catholic Club Girls, and so on; and still we have our 
unknown heroes, who worked not for glory — none con- 
sidered that — but for brave, true American boys who were 
giving up all, it necessary, to protect those who were now 
caring for them. 

During the week the priests of the city were constant 
visitors at the Hall, helping where they could, and always 
carrying a message of cheer and encouragement to the 
boys and those who were waiting upon them. Dr. James 
F. Driscoll, Father Crowley, the late Father Andrew 
Roche, and Father Manzelli were on hand almost every 
night. Special mention, however, must be made of the 
work of Father Leo Doyle, who has since gone to his 
heavenly reward. Father Doyle was a man among men, 
and a boy among boys. His never-fading smile was a 
message in itself. It must be remembered that most of 
these boys had left friends and dear ones hundreds of 
miles behind them. They were now among strangers — 
in a strange town and not a familiar face to be seen. Ah, 
yes — there was the beaming smile of someone — his name 



THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 339 

none of the boys could recall, but they were sure he was 
an old friend from somewhere. A clap on the back and, 
"How are you, my boy?" Into the crowds with arms 
filled with sandwiches, trays of coffee, or a basket of cakes, 
wandered this ever-tireless worker. In a few minutes 
every lad was sure Father Doyle was an old-time friend. 
The boys were perfectly at home with him and he with 
them. It was probably his work during these days that 
brought on the sickness which soon called him from among 
us. It might truly be said of him, that he had died "in 
the service." 

His Grace, Archbishop Hayes, was another visitor 
during the week. He congratulated the boys on their 
patriotic spirit and gave them some good sound advice. 
At the close of his address he was given three rousing 
cheers with a husky "Tiger." 

This, in a general way, covers the work of the Council 
as an organization. Individually, the members have a 
record of which they and all brother Knights are justly 
proud. No less than one hundred and forty-eight mem- 
bers of New Rochelle Council answered the call to the 
colors. A list of these members follows: 

Anderson, Alexander E. Burke, John J. 

Barrett, James A. Byrne, Bartholomew J. 

Bartnett, James J. Clarke, H. Chandler, M.D. 

Bates, Nicholas E. Condon, Lester P. 

Bergin, Edward J. Condon, William B. 

Bodmer, John A. Conley, John G. 

Bohan, Dennis J. Contu, Raymond J. 

Brady, Daniel J. Connolly, John J. 

Brombach, Arthur Consadene, James 

Burke, Alphonsus R. Costa, Chris. 

Burke, James J. Dealy, Arthur J. 



340 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 



Dillon, Philip H. 
Doherty, James 
Doherty, John 
Dolan, James 
Donnelly, Peter 
Donovan, Richard J. 
Doyle, Maurice V. 
Driscoll, Michael 
Enright, Frank 
Enright, George 
Enright, Philip 
Fallon, Clarence A. 
Farley, William F. 
Farmer, John W. 
Fay, Michael J. 
Finn, John 

Fitzgerald, Paul B., M.D. 
Flanagan, Edward M. 
Flanagan, Jeremiah 
Fleming, Joseph J. 
Fleming, William J. 
Fletcher, Thomas M. 
Flynn, Joseph A. 
Flynn, Joseph J. 
Fox, George H. 
Fox, Mathew I. 
Franz, John F. 
Gargan, Philip E. 
Genoy, Thomas 
Gilday, Michael J. 
Gildea, George E. 
Gillespie, Charles J. 
(Killed in action) 
Glaccum, W^illiam J. 



Grant, John L. 
Grattan, Gerald E. 
Grattan, Michael 
Grattan, William 
Haggerty, James L. 
Haines, Wilbur A. 
Havard, William J. 
Havey, Philip 
Hayes, John J. 
Hendrick, Thomas K. 
Hennessy, Thomas F. 
Henry, Albert E. 
Hollis, Owen P. 
Howarth, John O. 
Howley, John J. 
Hughes, Peter E. 
Kelly, James A, 
Kelly, Martin 
Kelly, William, Jr. 
Kenneally, John B. 
Kennedy, William J. 
Kerwin, Bernard J. 
Kiernan, James 
Kilmer, Joyce 

(Killed in action) 
Kirchoff, Walter 
Klotz, Frank 
Klotz, William J. 
Knapp, Ludwig V. 
Lawton, Walter 
Lennon, James 
Leonard, Thomas B. 
Lyons, Frank L. 
Maguire, Thomas W. 



THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 



341 



Mahoney, Rev. Edward V, 
Malsch, Nicholas 
Mayers, John A. 
Mayers, Joseph 
Mayers, Peter 
Molyneaux, John 
Moran, James H. 
Morlock, Arthur 
Mullins, Robert 
Mullins, William 
Murphy, Francis E. 
Murphy, James F. 
Murphy, James T. 
Murphy, John J. 
Murphy, John T. 
Murphy, Michael 
McCaffrey, Patrick 
McCarthy, John J. 
McDonough, James J. 
McGaffin, George W. 
McGoey, James 
McGuinness, Francis 
McLoughlin, Frank E. 
McPherson, Wylie 
Noonan, William 
O'Brien, Daniel P. 
O'Brien, Peter J. 
Oehler, Christian C. I. 
O'Reilly, James H. 
Pallen, Charles, M.D. 

White, 



Parker, Frank 
Parker, George 
Pascuiti, Joseph 
Pascuiti, Louis 
Patrick, Robert W. 
Phelan, Daniel J. 
Rabbitt, Thomas S. 
Randolph, John F. 
Reardon, John, M.D. 
Reilly, W'illiam F. 
Rellstab, Emil 
Rellstab, Frederick 
Roach, John J. 
Rosa, Joseph 

Rothlauf, Rev. Anthonv ]. 
Ruhl, JohnW. 
Scully, Raymond J. 
Sheehan, John C. 
Sheehan, William K. 
Smith, Charles A., M.D. 
Smith, Paul V. 
Stamp, Malcolm 
Sutton, Peter 
Tehaney, Edward L. 
Thompson, George E. 
Trainor, Joseph A. 
Tuite, Philip 
Walsh, John M. 
Walsh, Michael J. 
Welsh, John J. 
Charles F. 



Out of a membership at that time of about four hundred 
and twenty-five, this contribution is said to be greater in 



342 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

proportion than that of any other organization in the city. 

A great deal might be written concerning the achieve- 
ments of some of our members in the service. Not a few 
of them are the proud possessors of medals won for valor 
displayed, while many of them rose from the ranks to be 
commissioned officers. No distinction is made here, 
however — the names being set forth simply in alpha- 
betical order. Suffice it to say the Council knows every 
man did his full duty, whether stationed in the trenches 
or on this side of the water. Those who did the actual 
fighting need no one to remind them that they were faith- 
ful to the trust reposed in them, and the others may rest 
assured that their contribution to the great victory 
entitles them to a full share in the glory of it. The humble 
private or seaman did as much for our beloved country as 
the officers who led them, for without privates and seamen 
we should have no army and navy. 

Let us pause a moment as we glance over this list. One 
hundred and forty-eight went out from the Council 
membership^ — one hundred and forty-six returned. Ser- 
geant Joyce Kilmer and Private Charles J. Gillespie have 
gone to a happier and a better land. They fell on the 
battlefields of France, and two blue stars in the service 
flag were turned to gold. The performance of duty meant 
death to them, and they died as true American soldiers. 
It is significant that the Council should have lost two such 
members — Joyce Kilmer, perhaps the best-known Knight 
of Columbus in the Great War, and Charlie Gillespie, 
while loved by all his fellow-members, probably unknown 
outside of his own Council. Brother Kilmer was a writer 
and a poet of national fame and the literary art sustained 
a real loss when a stray bullet from the enemy's guns found 
him on the front line in the full performance of his duty. 

The Council attended a Memorial Mass and received 



THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 343 

Holy Communion for the souls of these brave and true 
brothers. A movement has already been started by the 
Council to have the works of Brother Kilmer published 
under the auspices of the Order as a fitting memorial to 
his memory. 

The brothers in the service were not forgotten by the 
members at home. Shortly after the declaration of war 
a resolution was adopted exempting all service members 
from the payment of dues and assessments during the 
war. The Council also paid the insurance assessments 
of these brothers to the National Council. 

Appropriate gifts were forwarded at Christmas, and a 
special committee corresponded with the brothers regu- 
larly, keeping them in touch with affairs at home and also 
caring for any needs suggested by them. The homes of 
the brothers were also visited to see that nothing within 
the proper scope of the Council was overlooked. 

The Daughters of Isabella rendered valuable aid in 
providing for those members. A number of the ladies 
met at the Hall every week and knitted sweaters, socks, 
mufflers, and the like, the wool itself being furnished by 
the Council. 

The annual affair of the Knights of Columbus, the big 
day of the year, is the Communion Breakfast Day. On 
May 26, 191 8, the celebration was the greatest ever held 
by the Council. The guest of honor was Admiral W. S. 
Benson, who was in charge of all naval operations during 
the war. A Knight himself, the Admiral brought together 
on that day the greatest gathering in the Council's history. 
The Hall was crowded to capacity and his address stirred 
everyone present. It was an occasion never to be for- 
gotten, and one that gave many of the sailor boys among 
our members an opportunity to meet their chief as a 
brother Knight. On this same occasion two distinguished 



344 ^'^^VV HOCIIKLLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

citizens of New Rochelle were also among the guests, Mr. 
Adrian Iselin and Mr. John G. Agar, Chairman and 
Treasurer, respectively, of the great Catholic War Drive 
that had taken place but a short time before. 

On Columbus Day, 1919, a "Welcome Home" cele- 
bration was tendered by the Council to our brave boys 
of the service. A banquet was served early in the 
evening, followed by a reception and dance. A testi- 
monial, in the form of a gold watchtob bearing the in- 
signia of the Order and suitably inscribed, was presented 
to the boys. It was simply a tangible expression of the 
appreciation of the Council for the manner in which the 
boys had acquitted themselves. 

This gives some idea of what the Knights of Columbus 
believe American citizenship demands of them. As an 
organization they joined hands with all other right-think- 
ing people to help the country in her hour of need. As 
individuals they displayed that true sense of loyalty and 
patriotism that must be found in every real American. 

As stated early in this article, no attempt has been made 
here to boast of what has been accomplished. It may be 
of interest in the future, to the friends of New Rochelle 
Council, to learn just what was done by them during the 
war, and for that reason its work has been set forth some- 
what more fully than modesty would ordinarily permit. 
The article might have been written in one sentence — 
They performed their full duty to the best of their ability . 



GIRLS' PATRIOTIC SERVICE LEAGUE 
By Mrs. Theodore Basil Young 

On November 23, 1917,111 Trinity Parish House a meet- 
ing was held to discuss the advantages of a Patriotic 
League for the Girls of New Rochelle. Mrs. Wm. Mason 
Harding presided and introduced Miss Katharine Potter, 
who as representative of the Girls' Friendly Society was 
working in cooperation with the Fosdick Commission on 
Training Camp Activities. The wisdom of such an or- 
ganization appealed to every woman who was present. 
Large numbers of men from Pelham and Slocum were 
coming to New Rochelle daily for their recreation and 
entertainment and it was generally agreed that the girls 
of New Rochelle should be united in an organization 
whose ideals would demand a high standard for all the 
activities that might be proposed in the way of entertain- 
ment for men in the service. And as a result of this 
meeting committees were formed to establish a Girls' 
Patriotic Service League whose motto, "The best of 
mind, heart and body in acts of service for ourselves, our 
country, and other girls," was sure to make a strong appeal. 

By the middle of February, 191 8, a small store on Divi- 
sion Street was opened as headquarters by the Advisory 
Board. This room was furnished tastefully and the girls 
soon found it a veritable bee-hive of activities. On the 
20th of February the first Rally was held in the auditorium 
of the High School, with Captain Arthur Rudd as the 

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346 NEW ROCHELLE: HER I'ART IN THE GREAT WAR 

speaker. At this meeting ninety girls received the Girls' 
Patriotic Service League button and became the first 
members of the League. From that date the organization 
grew rapidly, and by April 25th, when Miss Margaret 
Slattery spoke at the second Rally in the High School, 
every available seat was taken. 

The girls immediately were grouped into units with 
older leaders and began to take part in all kinds of war- 
time activities such as surgical dressings, donations tor the 
hospitals, Belgian relief, making of layettes, comfort bags, 
etc. As the organization became known the units were 
continually being called on to help in tag days in Red 
Cross and Liberty Loan Drives and in all kinds of emer- 
gency service. The publication of the League paper. 
The Venture gave publicity to the work and the girls' 
work became known beyond the bounds of New Rochelle. 
A Fife and Drum Corps was organized about this time 
and has throughout its existence given cheerfully faithful 
service in every public way. This Corps was made up 
from all the units and from the League at large. 

Up to this time the League was aided financially and 
otherwise by the Woman's Club of New Rochelle and, 
through Miss Potter, by the Girls' Friendly Society, and to 
them is really due the establishment of the G. P. S. L. 
But the growth of the League was such that early in the 
spring the War Camp Community Service through its 
Girls' Division became the sponsor of the work, and has 
through a generous budget and in every way possible 
aided the work of the League. 

Up to the signing of the armistice the days and weeks 
were filled with all kinds of war activities. The dances, 
which were held twice a week in the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Club, were under the general management of Mrs. Wm. 
Mason Harding, the Vice-president of the Board of 



(;IRLS' PATRIOTIC SERVICE LEAGUE 347 

Advisors of the G. P. S. L. A system was worked out 
whereby all the units attended these dances in rotation. 
These Saturday evening affairs aided greatly in keeping 
up a fine spirit among the girls, for they realized that they 
were hostesses to men from all parts of the country and 
they were anxious to keep the standard high. Too much 
cannot be said in appreciation of the women who served 
as hostesses during all these months. Much of the hard 
work for which the girls were called upon had not been 
done so well were it not for these good times at the dances. 

After the armistice the Board of Advisors faced a new 
situation in the work of the League. They were assured 
that the work should be continued and the strength of such 
an organization conserved for work for girls along com- 
munity lines. 

A club house that might serve the purpose of so large a 
group of girls seemed an imperative need. So it was that 
by December 9th headquarters had moved from its one 
room on Division Street to an attractive home at 18 
Church Street. Simply but attractively furnished, this 
club house has been much admired and while small it 
makes up in atmosphere what it may lack in size. The 
house has been open dally from nine in the morning until 
ten at night. Here the girls have met for classes such as 
millinery, dressmaking, cooking, canning, and French. 
These classes have been very popular and the class exhibi- 
tions in dressmaking and millinery have proved the wis- 
dom of offering these advantages to the girls of New 
Rochelle. Other classes, as cooking, millinery, and gym- 
nasium, have been held in the High School through the 
generosity of the Board of Education. The house has 
been open every Friday evening for special parties and 
these "at homes" when the girls themselves are hostesses 
have been most successful. 



34^ M•''^^ UOI'IIKLLK: MKH PART IN TlIK (iUKAl' \VAI{ 

Conuiuinity interest in established institutions such as 
the Hospital, the Day Nursery, and the Child Welfare 
Organization have engaged the service of a number of 
units. Others have worked for the support ot French 
orphans, while others have given their entire time to the 
development of recreation in their leisure time. 

This work has all been made possible through the un- 
tiring energy and continued interest of the women of the 
Board of Advisors and the leaders of the various units. 
At all times they have stood b>' loyall\ . 'I'he BcKU'd con- 
sists of the following women: Mrs. j. P. Donovan, Mrs. 
J. O. Ball, Mrs. H. G. B. Dayrell, Mrs. \Vm. Mason Hard- 
ing, Mrs. Chas. Loring, Mrs. Clarence Sluimway, Mrs. 
N. H. Stavey, Mrs. S. C. Steinhanlt, Mrs. Wni. Stevens, 
Mrs. A. D. Stone. Mrs. A. V. A. McHarg has been from 
the beginning the efficient chairman and the inspiration of 
the entire work. Miss A. Mabel Decker and Miss Sarah 
Laird have served as secretaries for the G. P. S. L. Mrs. 
Theodore Basil Young has been the director of girls' work 
and the executive secretar\ tluring the past year. 

The work for girls in New Rochelle is still in its begin- 
ninus. Tn no other town of its size is the opportunity of 
service greater nor the rewards more worth while. 



BOY SCOU'l\S: PHKIR PART IN TlIK WAR 

By Ijeutenant Rohhivi" S. Rennkks 

What a wonderful thing an awakened America is, and 
what power there is in an awakened America. It is be- 
yond comprehension. 

We have just seen a thoroughly awakened America, and 
it is still awake. Such awakenings have created that 
American spirit that is irresistible in a great emergency 
such as we have had a part in, in the last great war. 

Educational institutions, from the little district school 
in the backwoods to the great university had its part, 
every patriotic society had its part. Churches had a 
great part. 

There was, however, another element in the United States 
whose work and earnestness and constant show of deep 
interest in the great war, and its burning patriotism, had 
a leading part second to but few or any of the numerous 
elements in the mighty struggle, now I am talking about 
the Boy Scouts of America in New Rochelle. 

In all of the cities where there were Boy Scouts there 
were no parades in which they did not have a distinguish- 
ing part, and that part thrilled the onlookers to as great 
an extent as any of the marchers. 

And that was only a small part of their work. They 
were called upon every day somewhere to do war work, 
and their response was so prompt and their work so cheer- 

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350 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

fully done that grown men and women have been ashamed 
not to have taken part in the good work. 

The Boy Scouts were not allowed to pick the fruit from 
the golden orchards when the Liberty Bonds were called 
for. They had to stand back and see the large committees 
shake the big trees that were loaded — then the Boy 
Scouts were turned loose and picked up what the com- 
mittees had overlooked. In spite of this disadvantage, 
the Scouts of New Rochelle sold nearly a million dollars' 
worth of bonds. There was not a Scout in the city who 
did not sell War Saving Stamps. In this city our boys 
sold $39,255.25 worth. 

They planted home gardens and tilled and harvested 
them, for every Scout had this slogan, "Every Scout to 
feed a soldier." 

Over 25,000 pieces of government literature were dis- 
tributed by our New Rochelle Scouts. 

It was the Boy Scouts who gathered in the census of the 
black walnut trees so that Uncle Sam might have wood for 
airplane propellers. It was the Scouts who did the job 
of getting nutshells for the gas-mask manufacturing, and 
the signatures on the Hoover pledge cards. 

Many of our citizens have wondered who did the work 
of distributing the vast amount of advertising material 
for the Liberty Bond Campaigns. It was the tireless Boy 
Scouts. 

They have served as messengers for the Red Cross, 
Y. M. C. A., and the Lhiited War Work Campaigns, etc., 
in their drives. 

During Recruit Week in New Rochelle the Scouts were 
right on the job ready to help the fellows who had enlisted. 
Scoutmasters and patrol leaders took charge of this work 
and the men were made comfortable by their efforts. 

Then, too, the boys who had outgrown this wonderful 



BOY SCOUTS: THEIR PART IX THE WAR 35 1 

Organization, two hundred in all, during this period were 
doing their bit with the Colors. Many of them returned 
with decorations and citations, others with a wonderful 
record to their credit. All remembered that "once a 
Scout, always a Scout." 

This is not all they have done. Let us look for a mo- 
ment to the men who guide these boys in the ways of right 
living and good citizenship. The Scoutmasters. 

The men who were responsible for the good work of the 
Boy Scouts of New Rochelle are : Edward J. Mills, who was 
then Scoutmaster of Troop Five; Murray K. Keyes, who 
was then Scoutmaster of Troop Three; Dudley A. Wilson, 
Scoutmaster of Troop Six; Richard E. Stillwell, Scout- 
master of Troop Four; Mr. J. P. Hubbell, Scoutmaster of 
Troop One, and Rev. Charles Canedy, acting Scoutmaster 
of Troop Two. 

I am sure that the hundreds of people in New Rochelle 
who have backed the Scouts of New Rochelle, patrioti- 
cally as well as financially and otherwise, will never have 
occasion to regret that backing. I feel sure that they will 
long look back at the part they have had in helping Com- 
missioner Murray K. Keyes and his entire official family 
in providing the city with a Boy Scout army of life size 
as among the very pleasant events in their lives. 

BOY SCOUTS OF NEW ROCHELLE 

Our War Record 

Sold $845,350.00 in Liberty Bonds. 
Sold $39,^55.25 in War Savings Stamps. 
Distributed 25,000 pieces of Government Literature. 
Made Black Walnut Census of New Rochelle. 
Collected books for the American Library Association. 
Maintained First Aid Stations at City Park, July 4th. 



352 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Assumed entire charge of distributing 25,000 Liberty 
Loan Posters. 

Built Liberty Fires. 

Cleaned vacant lots in annual "Clean-up Week." 

Participated in all Patriotic Parades. 

Acted as guides during conventions. 

Helped the Health Department during the "Flu." 

Collected $450.00 for the Red Cross. 

Acted as messengers during Recruit Week. 

Collected over 150 lbs. of hickory and walnut shells for 
gas-mask manufacturing. 

Acted as messengers during all the war drives. 

Tivo hundred former Scouts in the Service. 



CHILD WELFARE IN WARTIME 
By Mrs. Theodore C. Tuck 

By government request Baby Week celebrations all 
over the United States in 191 8 centered around the weigh- 
ing and measuring of all children under six years of age. 
This work was carried on in New Rochelle under the 
auspices of the Child Welfare Association during the 
month of June, expenses being paid by the Woman's 
Club. 

Eight schools and the Child Welfare Station on Union 
Avenue were open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on each of 
the five Saturdays of June with a trained nurse recruited 
from the Home Defense Corps in charge in each place, 
Mrs. Mary Kothe, chairman, public health nurse, assisted 
by active members of the Child Welfare Association and 
volunteers. The cooperation shown throughout the city 
was most marked. The officers, members, and well- 
wishers of the Child Welfare Association were unstinted 
in gifts of time, strength, and equipment. The Home 
Defense Corps of trained nurses demonstrated fully the 
aid it would give in time of need. The doctors, clergy, 
superintendent of schools and the principals of the 
schools, the Board of Health, the leader of the Com- 
munity Chorus, the managers of the local moving-picture 
theaters and the newspapers all helped in the advertising. 

In several instances the teachers gave up their free day 
and the janitors in all the schools used, donated their 
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354 ^'K^V ROCHELLE: HER PART IX THE GREAT WAR 

Saturday atternoons. Boy Scouts distributed advertising 
literature throughout the city, so that families who were 
not reached through the slips carried home by school 
children were informed ot the work. Seven doctors were 
on call for needy cases, should any develop at the stations. 
Scales were loaned by several doctors and by members of 
the Association which the police willingly transported 
to and from the schools each week. People on the out- 
skirts of the city w'ere reached by automobile — nurses and 
scales being transported by members of the Child Welfare 
Association. 

Record cards were also distributed to all doctors in 
the city, so that people who wished could have their own 
physician make the examination. 

The full response to this government request indicated 
that New Rochelle parents were quick to appreciate the 
value of all help offered in the temporary scarcity of doc- 
tors and nurses. 

One thousand five hundred children under six years of 
age were examined. About one third were found under 
weight, and in order to follow up these cases adequately 
two additional Child Welfare stations were opened and a 
second Child Welfare attendant engaged — rents and salary 
being paid by the city through the Board of Health. 

Each station was attended on clinic days throughout 
the war by one of a corps of three doctors belonging to the 
Child Welfare Association who gave their services: Dr. 
Fairfax Hall, chairman, Dr. E. G. Woodruff, and Dr. 
Frank M. Wright. 

By helping to care for the babies of the city, the Child 
Welfare Association tried to do its part in the Great War, 
knowing full well that the common health helped the 
Commonwealth. 



NEW ROCHELLE SCOTS' PART IN THE WAR 

By Chief William Cowan 

In the year 1914, when the Germans entered Bel- 
gium, and the news of the battle of Mons went through 
our country like an electric shock, the United States was 
neutral under the President's neutrality proclamation. 
To the Scots throughout the United States the news of the 
battle of Mons was a call to arms, a " Call of the blood." 

Scots from all parts of the country flocked to the Impe- 
rial and Colonial forces of the British Empire. New Ro- 
chelle Scots were not lacking and 1914-15 saw a number of 
the local Scots crossing the border into Canada while 
others went direct to Britain to offer themselves for the 
cause of liberty and to crush militarism. Clan Bruce, 
No. 180, Order of Scottish Clans, a fraternal organization, 
whose membership is composed of Scots and descendants of 
Scots, and the New Rochelle Pipe Band are the two local 
societies. The Pipe Band is so closely allied to Clan Bruce 
that we will deal with the two organizations collectively. 

The roll of honor contains the following names: 

Ensign John R. W. Smith, U. S. N. R. F. 

Major De Klyn, Medical Corps (Honorary Physician 

Clan Bruce) 
Dr. R. G. McGregor, Chaplain, U. S. A. (Honorary 

Physician Clan Bruce) 
Lieutenant Robert Rennicks, Aviation Corps, A. E. F. 

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356 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Sergeant William D. Matheson, 42nd Royal Highlanders 

(Black Watch), B. E. F. 
Sergeant ^OYiYi Innes, Ordnance Corps, A. E. F. 
Sergeant Thomas Clydesdale, Gordon Highlanders, 

B. E. F. 
Corpora/]oHN Bookless, 26th Canadian Infantry, C.E.F. 
Sergeant William Lindsay, Seaforth Highlanders, B. E. F. 
Sapper David M. Wood, Royal Engineers, B. E. F. 
Private George Lindsay, Seaforth Highlanders, B. E. F. 

George Emslie, Jr., Signal Corps, A. E. F. 

Robert Smith, 305th Machine Batt., A. E. F, 

Robert Milne, Royal Air Force, Canada. 

Walter McFarlane, Jr., Royal Air Force, 
Canada 

John Adam, Jr., Royal Air Force, Canada 

John Copland, ist Batt., C. O. R., Canada 

William Chalmers, ist Batt., C. O. R., Canada 

Edward Simpson, Tank Corps, Canada 

Samuel Gordon, 13th Batt., Royal Highlanders, 
Canada 

Simon Gordon, 164th Batt., C. E. F. 

/Alexander Cameron, Cameron Highlanders, 
B. E. F. 

Alexander Noble, Gordon Highlanders, B. E. F. 

Thomas Preston, Headquarters Batt., A. E. F. 

Frank ^LA.RTIN, 32d Machine Gun Batt., A. E. F. 

John Dodds, Engineers Corps, C. E. F. 

Robert Thorburn, 69th Aero Squadron, A. 
E. F. 
Sergeant Robert Reid, Quartermasters Corps, A. E. F. 
Roderick Levine, Infantry, A. E. F. 
John Stobo, Infantry, A. E. F. 
George Emslie, Sr., Y. M. C. A., overseas 
William Laurie, L^ S. Civilian Employee, overseas 



NEW ROCHELLE SCOTS* PART IN THE WAR 357 

Sergt, Wm. D. Matheson was the first New Rochellean 
to enter the great conflict. Enlisting in the British forces 
in the end of August, 1914, he served with the colors in 
France and in the Salonika campaign till March, 1919. 

Many other local Scots, who were not enrolled in the 
local organizations, saw service in the allied forces and 
were honored guests at the Welcome Home celebration 
given by the Joint Committee of the New Rochelle Pipe 
Band and Clan Bruce. Unfortunately some Scots in 
New Rochelle failed to get an invitation to the celebration. 
It was not from want of thought. Invitations were sent 
to all service men of Scottish birth or descent that were 
called to our attention. Members of the organization 
who were past military age or otherwise unfitted for mili- 
tary service, pledged themselves to the upkeep of the 
bequeathment certificate of the men in the service and 
almost to a man were engaged on war work for the United 
States Government, building camps, aeroplanes, munition 
factories, and other war industries. In conjunction with 
their auxiliary, Marjorie Bruce Lodge, Daughters of Scotia, 
they took part in Liberty Bond drives. War Savings Stamp 
campaigns, etc. 



THE KNITTING LEAGUE 
By Mrs. Wm. R. Pitt, President 

Early in March, 1917, at the request of some ladies in 
New Rochelle, Mme. Guidy, the official lecturer of the 
Needlework Guild of America gave an account at the 
Public Library, in New Rochelle, of the conditions exist- 
ing in Lyons at that time with thirty thousand wounded 
men in Capitals and thirty thousand refugees. Her 
audience was thrilled by her statement of facts. After 
the lecture a few ladies made plans to begin work at once 
to help the men in Lyons. 

They ordered wool and supplies for garments from the 
Guild office in New York. The privilege of meeting at the 
Library once a week was given, and a small coterie of 
ladies began to knit stump stockings, to keep warm the 
stumps of legs or arms, lost in the war. March 27th 
there was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, a 
very enthusiastic National Service Meeting by the Navy 
League of the United States, to cooperate with the Navy 
Department, in the securing of one hundred thousand 
men needed for the mobilization of the Navy and Naval 
Auxiliaries and reserves. At that meeting Mrs. James 
Carroll Trazer gave a brief outline of the work of the 
Women's Comforts Committee in Washington, and their 
purpose to aid the government to supply quickly the 
navy men with warm knitted garments. She had with 
her on exhibition samples of garments and directions for 
knitting them for distribution. The president of the 

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THE KNITTING LEAGUE 359 

New Rochelle coterie obtained directions and transmitted 
the enthusiasm of that meeting into energy at once, and 
work was begun on garments most needed. The result 
was the formation of a Knitting League that should be 
broad in its policies, should be able to provide wool at the 
lowest possible price for those who could purchase it, and 
try to get funds to pay for free wool. That was the difficult 
part of the work; no fee was charged for membership, 
knitting was all that was desired; knit, knit, knit as fast 
as possible and turn in the garments. Sometimes women 
who could not knit would pay for the yarn for others to 
knit, but it was not long before everyone, could knit, as 
many ladies volunteered to teach knitting. Soon we out- 
grew the small quarter at the Library and a good friend 
of the League, Mr. Roth, allowed us to use his vacant 
store on Main Street for many months, rent free. There we 
were within easy access of ladies going to and from the 
village, marketing, etc. March 30, 1917, we bought our 
first one hundred pounds of wool, thereby getting it at a 
low price. We sold it at the wholesale price and so were 
helpful in aiding knitters to knit more garments than if 
they had to buy yarn at the high prices charged in the 
stores. We gave knitting rules to anyone who wished 
them and sold needles at cost. Early in the war we 
devoted ourselves to knitting for the Comforts Committee 
at Washington, and were made a branch of that Com- 
mittee. We were given two ships to fit out the crew with 
knitted garments — sweaters, mufflers, and wristlets; later 
helmets and socks were added to the list. 

In April there was great demand by the Comfort's 
Committee for finished sets for the Patrol Fleet, and we 
forwarded our sets as quickly as completed to Washing- 
ton. Our ships were the Brutus^ on the Pacific coast, with 
a complement of 30 men, later increased to 40 men, and 



360 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

the Dubuque, on the Atlantic coast, with I42 men, later 
182 men. May 11, 1917, we forwarded our first twenty 
sets to the Brutus, and June 12th our second set of twenty 
was sent to the Committee in Washington for a submarine. 

Beside garments for the Patrol and our two vessels, a 
call came for the Marines in France, also equal needs of 
the men in the trenches, so we worked, as many women as 
could knit, hard and fast, and forwarded in large lots. 
Preparations were made to furnish comfort and Xmas 
kits. We bought, in large quantities at wholesale prices, 
articles to fill the kits. Cretonne bags were made and filled 
with the regulation requirements and articles were sold 
to private parties at wholesale prices to fill bags to send to 
members of their families or friends. Xmas bags were 
sent to each of our ships, to France, and to the Washing- 
ton Comforts Committee, for general distribution. Many 
letters of thanks and appreciation came to us from all 
sources. Forty Comfort Xmas kits were sent to the crew 
of the U. S. S. Gem, S. P., at New Haven, Conn. 

No article, comfort or Xmas kit was allowed to leave 
our room without a New Rochelle picture postal enclosed, 
with a thoughtful message and name and address on it, 
giving a personal touch. Many responses were received 
by the ladies who had knitted the articles or filled the 
bags. One letter came in as late as 1919 from a man in 
the x^rmy of Occupation in Cologne. 

Early in the fall, we had to leave our comfortable 
quarters on Main Street, and found another home for our 
work in Division Street, where Mrs. Henderson offered us 
half of her store, where we received our work, packed, and 
sent it on its way to the men in service, until January when 
we moved to Bank Street in a small store given us by the 
courtesy of the Western Union. As there was no way of 
heating the store we used a gas stove and an oil stove but 



THE KNITTING LEAGUE 361 

were not very warm, but our burning desire to be of use 
helped us through. Many had iUnesses on account of cold 
rooms to work in. During the frightful cold and heavy 
storms of December, 191 7, and January, 191 8, came a test 
of pluck, and strength of the women workers. When the 
snows were deepest and the winds coldest, when the streets 
were impassable and cabs or autos could not be hired, 
these faithful workers walked through the deep snow to 
the rooms and kept the wool in circulation and the gar- 
ments going out. 

As soon as the men were drafted in New Rochelle we 
helped the mothers and sisters to fit out their own dear 
ones. The first contingent to leave, September 1st, ten 
men, we supplied with sweaters at the City Hall. Septem- 
ber 1 8th, second call of forty- two men, we met at the 
City Hall Board Room, and gave thirteen sweaters and 
took the names of others and sent outfits to Camp 
Upton to them later. September 27th, third call, forty-one 
men, fourteen sweaters, fourteen wristlets. October 7th, 
fourth call, fifty-two men, thirty-one articles. Special 
men and Honor men, thirty-five articles from March, 
1917, to September, 1918. 

Summary of knitted garments, comfort and Christmas 
bags: To the Woman's Comforts Committee of the Navy 
League, Washington, D. C, for distribution to submarines 
and ships, comfort bags, 52; knitted garments, 1358. 
To our ship the Dubuque U. S. S,, complement of 180 men, 
Christmas kits, 180; knitted garments, 651 ; To the Brutus 
U. S. S., complement of 30 men, sweaters, 3c; Christmas 
kits, 30. U. S. S. Gem^ complement of 40 men, 40 Christ- 
mas kits. New Rochelle Red Cross, knitted garments, 181. 
To the drafted men of New Rochelle, 270 knitted gar- 
ments. To the Honor men of New Rochelle, 35 knitted 
garments. To Fort Slocum men, 19 knitted garments. 



362 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

To men of different camps, 56 knitted garments. To 
Lyons, France, through the War Relief Department of 
the Needlework Guild, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, 
120 knitted garments; 143 comfort kits. Fifty-six Christ- 
mas kits for Belgian children. Eight afghans, by Girls' 
Patriotic League for Belgian babies. Fourteen afghans 
knitted by New Rochelle school children for Belgian 
babies. To Baroness Huard's ward in hospital, Paris, 
120 Christmas kits. Two large boxes of old linen and 
clothing, Lyons, France. Total, 2720 knitted garments; 
Christmas kits, 386; comfort kits, 235; afghans, 22. 



Officers 1917 and 1918 

President, Mrs. W. R. Pitt 
Vice-President, Mrs. Anderson Waydell 
Secy, and Treasurer, Mrs. C. Van Ranst 

President, Mrs. W. R. Pitt 
Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Anderson Waydell 

Mrs. George Kear 
Secy., Miss Marie Farnham 
Treasurer, Mrs. John Knapp 

^Assistants attending the office on specified days aiding 
the officers in charge: 



Miss Beatrice Birdsall 
Mrs. Nelson Vulte 
Mrs. Chas. Burrill 
Miss Helen Waydell 
Miss Newby 
Miss Julia Wells 
Miss Wells 
Miss Dorothy Fitzgerald 



Mrs. Smith 

Mrs. Earnst 

Mrs. C. A. Wilson 

Mrs. Victor Forsyth e 

Mrs. G. C. Allen 

Miss Craft 

Mrs. Adrian Alfred 

Mrs. Geo. W. Kear 



THE GARDEN CLUB 

By Christine Query 

The Garden Club of New Rochelle were most fortunate 
in having the opportunity of taking up useful war work 
along the lines of intensive gardening and conservation, 
not only by its individual members in every department 
of Red Cross Work, but the Club went at increasing their 
gardening, with the result that in the past four years the 
surplus distribution of seeds and young plants has run 
into the thousands. In conjunction with the Thrift Com- 
mittee 430 war gardens, comprising an area of fifteen acres 
have been successfully maintained for several successive 
seasons, have been provided with plants and the surplus 
vegetables cared for at the canning kitchen. The Girls' 
Patriotic League and Fort Slocum received similar assis- 
tance. 

Mrs. Edmund J. Levine with the help of fifteen far- 
merettes quadrupled the size of her garden and supplied 
eight needy families with vegetables for the entire season. 

Dr. Charles G. Miller, Food Administrator for West- 
chester County, spoke to the Club on Wheat Conservation, 
harvest cards were prepared, and a patriotic rally was 
held at the High School. 

Under the auspices of the Garden Club $603.25 was 
raised for the benefit of the Woman's Land Army in the 
spring of 191 8. 

In the autumn of the same year a Flower Show and 

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364 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Sale realized the sum of I722.80, which amount was 
donated to the Red Cross work of New Rochelle. 

Mrs. Wheeler H. Peckham was at the head of a com- 
mittee which collected flowers each week and took them 
to our sick boys at the East View Hospital until that in- 
stitution was closed. 

The Garden Club is glad to have done its bit toward 
winning the war. 



HOW THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WERE 
ENTERTAINED 

By Walter J. Kingsley 

Not the least of the community problems growing out 
of the war was the entertainment of the newly recruited 
soldiers assembled at Fort Slocum and of the naval 
recruits at Pelham Bay. The work of maintaining 
morale in the rank and file of these continually changing 
and always large bodies of young men from all parts of 
the country gave an unique opportunity for unselfish 
service on the part of local patriots, among whom was 
Mr. E. F. x^lbee of Larchmont, president and owner of the 
B. F. Keith Vaudeville Circuit. 

Mr. Albee, who devoted the greater part of his time to 
war work, was asked by Colonel Kingsbury, commanding 
at Fort Slocum, to take up the problem of entertainment 
for the soldiers. Mr. Albee visited New Rochelle and 
studying the matter at first hand, drew up a program 
whose execution he entrusted to Mr. Jule Delmar, of his 
office, who is a resident of New Rochelle. Mr. Delmar 
was given carte blanche to draw upon the enormous enter- 
tainment resources of the Keith Circuit for shows at New 
Rochelle, and thereafter until the end of the war worked 
indefatigably under the direction and instruction of the 
famous vaudeville magnate. Mr. J. J. Murdock, execu- 
tive manager of the Keith Circuit, also gave valuable 
aid to carrying out Mr. Albee's plans. 

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366 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Mr. Delmar's first work was to inaugurate Friday night 
entertainments which continued until November. Four- 
teen vaudeville acts were sent to New Rochelle weekly for 
these Friday nights and the class of entertainment is 
evidenced by the fact that Harry Lauder was among those 
who appeared. The orchestra was made up of musicians 
at the Post and the men in uniform accompanied the 
artists as well as expert theater orchestras could have 
done. As many as nine thousand enlisted men witnessed 
a single performance and their delight was unbounded. 
The success of the Friday night shows caused the Com- 
mander to turn the drill hall into a completely equipped 
theater where the vaudeville entertainments were con- 
tinued until it became necessary to take the space for 
housing the recruits who were pouring in from all over the 
nation. 

In December, when the volunteers began arriving at 
New Rochelle in trainloads and they were being quar- 
tered for the time in schools, churches, and public build- 
ings, a call went forth for their entertainment. At once 
the Keith Circuit under Mr. Albee's program organized 
six complete shows which came from New York to New 
Rochelle, and visiting the different buildings occupied by 
volunteers gave them excellent performances every night 
for a week. The local clergy threw open their churches 
for the artists and the soldiers and permitted singing, 
dancing, and comedy acts within the chancel rails and in 
the pulpits, the name of Keith being a guarantee of pro- 
priety. Twenty-four big shows were given at the Pel- 
ham Bay Naval Station made up of the best acts on the 
Keith Circuit. 

Realizing that the soldiers and sailors had no adequate 
meeting place for diversion in the town, and public sub- 
scriptions having failed in an effort to raise funds for a 



HOW THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WERE ENTERTAINED 367 

Community House, the Keith Circuit was again called 
upon to give a monster show to secure the funds necessary 
for a service club house. Mr. Albee, in conjunction with 
his business associate, Mr. F. F. Proctor, planned the 
entertainment actuated by local pride and loyalty, which 
resulted in a monster show of twenty-eight headline acts 
at F. F. Proctor's Mount Vernon Theater on the night 
of March 3, 1918. Seats sold at auction brought as high 
as I25 each and the receipts amounted to more than 
l5,ooo, which sum solved the problem of the service club 
house, for which Mr. Albee supplied entertainment at 
frequent intervals. In appreciation of this substantial 
contribution the Committee of New Rochelle presented 
Mr. Albee and Mr. Proctor with bronze commemorative 
tablets. 

The foregoing is but an outline of the invaluable aid 
rendered by vaudeville to the cause of military and naval 
morale in New Rochelle during the war. It should be 
mentioned here that Mr. Albee sent a special show to New 
Rochelle during the Third Liberty Loan in the campaign 
to go over the top, at which the subscriptions amounted 
to 1298,000. 



LOEWS THEATER 

In April, 191 8, the Third Liberty Loan was sponsored 
in Loew's Theater by a committee under the chairman- 
ship of William A. Moore. New Rochelle's quota for this 
Third Loan was $980,000 and of this amount $246,500 
was subscribed by audiences in the theater, $74,000 being 
the largest amount taken in at any one meeting. 

The Fourth Loan was under the direction of Mr. Gray 
Miller and was floated during the epidemic of influenza 
and the theater was dark as a health measure. It was 
only open for two performances for the committee and 
the result eloquently attests the sterling patriotism of the 
residents of New Rochelle. At the two performances a 
total of 1550,000 was raised and the committee in charge 
were enthusiastic in thanking Mr. Marcus Loew by letter 
for his generosity in gratuitously placing his theater at 
their disposal in their up-hill task. Mr. Loew received 
letters to this effect under date of October 25, 191 8, as 
well as numerous other acknowledgments of like tenor. 

When the Victory Loan came in May, 1919, another 
$512,000 was subscribed during the three weeks that the 
theater was again placed at the disposal of Mr. Leroy 
Frantz, and his aides, by Mr. Loew. 

Mr. William S. Beers, a former police judge of New 
Rochelle, who was chairman of the War Savings Stamp 
Committee, also expressed his appreciation in high terms 
of the advantages his special appeal received in the 
theater. 

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LOEWS THEATER 369 

Another phase of theatrical war work must be men- 
tioned to make the record complete. No nation's men at 
arms ever had such solicitude displayed for their welfare 
up to the verge of the fighting zone as those sent by Amer- 
ica. The Red Cross, the Knights of Columbus, the Sal- 
vation Army, and various other organizations, fairly 
"mothered" the boys who had been called from civilian 
life to the sternest, grimest duty that falls to the lot of 
mortal man. 

And here, again, the theater was privileged to employ 
its prestige and patronage for the immeasurable good 
transferred through these humanitarian agencies. One 
benefit was held by the Knights of Columbus early in 1917 
at which they realized some ^8000; a special performance 
for the Red Cross was given on December 7, 1917, and the 
sum realized was so large as to be extremely gratifying to 
all concerned; July 7, 1918, Mr. Loew put on a special 
benefit for the Naval Reserve at Pelham Bay at which 
upwards of $3000 was realized; and the various Salvation 
Army drives yielded handsomely at all times. 

Mr. William Coghlan, proprietor of the La Rochelle and 
Little Theaters, likewise valiantly put his shoulder to the 
wheel to enable his audiences to be given like opportuni- 
ties accorded those in Mr. Loew's Main Street house. 
The totals of these were not so large as at Mr. Loew's 
theater but in proportion to the attendance bear flattering 
comparison. 
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OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER 

RECRUIT DEPOT 

FORT SLOCUM, NEW YORK 



No. 9182 

From: 

To: 



Subject; 



February 17, 19 19. 

Quartermaster, Fort Slocum, New York. 
Historical Branch, General Administrative 
Division, Office of the Director of Purchase and 
Storage. 

Historical data showing the operations of the 
Quartermaster Corps, and of the Office of the 
Director of Purchase and Storage, during the 
War. 



I. In compliance with instructions contained in letter 
from your office dated January 17, 1919, file No. 201.34 
(Fort Slocum, N. Y.), the following historical data show- 
ing operations of the Quartermaster Corps and of the Office 
of the Director of Purchase and Storage during the War is 
herewith submitted: 

(a) There were erected the following temporary canton- 
ment buildings since April i, 191 7: 

23 One Story Frame Barracks 



10 " 


" Mess Halls 


10 " 


' " Lavatories 


I 


" Post Office 


I " 


" Mess Hall (large) 


I 


' " Recruit Examination Building. 




370 



OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER 371 

(b) These constructions were begun on May I4, 1917, 
and completed on July 4, 1917. 

(c) The officer having direct charge of this construction 
work was Captain G. V. Packer, Q.M.C., Q.M. and Con- 
structing Q.M, at this post at that time. All of these 
buildings, except the Mess Hall and Recruit Examination 
Building, were erected under contract by the Northeast- 
ern Construction Company, of 225 Fifth Avenue, New 
York City, at a cost of $147,666.15 and the wiring for light 
by the Hudson Electric Engineering Company of New York 
City at a cost of $4,480.00. The Recruit Examination 
Building was erected under contract by Michael Doherty of 
NewRochelle, New York, at a cost of $2,479.50. The Mess 
Hall was erected by purchase of material, and the use of 
Post and hired labor at a cost of approximately $7,000.00. 

In addition to this construction, there were laid an 
8-inch submarine water-main, additional pipe line to can- 
tonment on athletic field, an auxiliary electric light cable, 
and a reclamation storehouse. 

The water-main and pipe line were laid by the Merritt 
and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company of New 
York City, under contract at a cost of $19,470. This 
work was started on June 10, 1917, under the supervision of 
Captain G. V. Packer, Q.M.C., and completed on August 
17, 1917, under the supervision of Captain Wilbert V. 
Renner, Q.M.R.C., who was assigned to this station as 
Constructing Quartermaster in July, 1917. 

The additional electric light cable was laid from Nep- 
tune Dock, New Rochelle, N. Y., to the Post, under con- 
tract at a costof$7,o55.oo, less a penalty of $40.00 for non- 
completion on time. This work was begun on December 
21, 1917, and completed March 11, 19 19, and was under 
the supervision of Captain Wilbert V. Renner, Q.M.C., 
Constructing Quartermaster. 



372 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

The Reclamation Storehouse was erected by purchase of 
material and the use of Post labor, at a cost of $1,533.56. 
This work was started on July 2, 1918, and completed 
July 19, 191 8, and was also under the supervision of Cap- 
tain Renner. 

(d) The Quartermaster Corps personnel consisted on: 



Apr. I, 1917,0 


f 2 offic 


ers, 53 enlist 


ed men, and 32 


July I, 1917, ' 


'3 


' 61 


- " 32 


Oct. I, 1917, ' 


' 


' 71 


" " 36 


Jan. I, 1918, ' 


' 2 ' 


' 78 " 


- " 38 


Apr. I, 1918, ' 


' 2 


' 82 


" " 39 


July I, 1918, * 


' r\ ' 


< 77 


/ " " 39 


Oct. I, 1918, ' 


' 2 


' 83 " 


'■ " 39 


Jan. I, 1919, 


'1 


' 84 " 


" '' 39 



(e) The following enlisted men of the Quartermaster 
Corps were commissioned during the period from April i, 
1917, to January i, 1919: 

Quartermaster Sergeant Elenius Berg, appointed Cap- 
tain Q. M. R. C, June 25, 1917, and assigned to duty at 
Governors Island. 

Quartermaster Sergeants Mathew Legendre and Mau- 
rice McMahon, appointed Captain, Q. M. R. C, October 
II, 1917, and assigned to duty as Instructors at Q. M. C. 
Training Camp at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 

After January i, 19 18, the following men were sent to 
the Officers' Training Camp at Jacksonville, Fla., at va- 
rious times and subsequently commissioned second lieu- 
tenants, Q. M. C, N. A., viz.: 

Sergeant ist Class Robert C. Brown. Sergeant Harry 
Ganders, Corporals Paul W. Burbank, Paul Grammer, 
Thomas O'Shaugnessy^ and Privates ist Class Howard L. 
Powell and Henry W. Miller. 



OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER 



373 



The following enlisted men were commissioned second 
lieutenants, Q. M. C, without being sent to Officers' 
Training Camp, viz.: 

Quartermaster Sergeant Leon Hammond (Stevedore), 
Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Farman (Labor), Pri- 
vates 1st Class William Solomon Green and Stanley Hun- 
sicker, and Recruits, unassigned, Bernard Hackett and 
Frank Sheppard. 

There were also sent a large number of enlisted men of 
the Quartermaster Corps to Line Officers' Training Camp; 
most of these men were commissioned. 

(f) The number of troops at this Post were: 

Lt.-Col. F. G. Mauldin, C. A, C. Commanding 
April I, 1917 27 officers 2353 enlisted men 

Col. F. G. Mauldin, C. A. C. Commanding 
July I, 1917 48 officers 4470 enlisted men 

Col. H. p. Kingsbury, U. S. A. Retired, Commanding 
October i, 1917 3^ officers 3387 enlisted men 



January i, 191 8 


42 " 


4052 


April I, 1918 


46 - 


4316 


July I, 1918 


49 


3979 


October i, 1918 


51 " 


2638 



(g) The Quartermaster on duty at this post on April i, 
1917, and July i, 1917, was Captain G. V. Packer, Q. M. C, 
on October i, 19 17, and on the first day of each succeeding 
three month period to date H. C. Zimmermann, Captain, 
Q. M. R. C, who had been promoted to major, Q. M. C, 
on August 13, 1918. 

(h) Supplies were obtained during the period from April 
I, 1917, until January i, 1918, in the prescribed manner, 



374 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

by submitting requisitions to the Quartermaster, Eastern 
Department, for approval and call on depots. 

Subsistence stores and other supplies were transferred 
from depots at New York City and Philadelphia, Ph. ex- 
cept beef, mutton, butter, and ice, which commodities 
were obtained locally. 

(i) The system of submitting requisitions to Department 
Quartermaster proved at times to be very faulty with 
respect to this station in that it caused delays in supplies 
being furnished. 

This post being a recruit depot, it was very difficult to 
properly estimate the requirements, and occasions arose 
when large numbers of recruits had to be equipped^ and 
when quick action of supplying the needs was essential, 
the process of submitting requisitions to the Department 
Quartermaster (even though they were submitted every 
ten days, as were existing instructions) proved rather slow. 
This handicap is, under the present system of submitting 
requisitions direct to supply depots, eliminated. 

(j) On the whole the supply service was satisfactory. 
There were instances when various articles of clothing, 
blankets, etc., did not arrive very promptly and there was 
consequently a shortage in some articles, especially cloth- 
ing. Every effort was made to obtain same as will be 
seen from enclosed copies of letters and telegrams, marked 
Nos. I to 23. 

No complaints were necessary as to the filling of requisi- 
tions for subsistence stores which arrived promptly and in 
good quality. 

The supply of coal, during the winter of 1917-1918, was 
very poor. This, however, was not the fault of the supply 
depots, the delivery of coal being regulated by the fuel 
administration. The Quartermaster, knowing climatic 
conditions, requested that the quantities allowed for the 



OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER 375 

months of January and February, 191 8, be delivered in 
December, 19 17. Instructions were accordingly given by 
the fuel administration, but the firm designated to make 
the deliveries delayed and the severe part of the winter set 
in earlier than was anticipated, the harbor froze over the 
latter part of December, 1917, and then serious trouble was 
experienced, and the fuel situation became one of consider- 
able worriment to the commanding officer and the Quarter- 
master, and at one time the supply of anthracite coal in the 
sheds was exhausted and bituminous coal and wood had 
to be burned. 

Had it not been for the cooperation of the Mahlstedt 
Coal and Lumber Company, of New Rochelle, N. Y., which 
firm supplied this post with some anthracite as well as 
bituminous coal, to the disadvantage of the people of New 
Rochelle, actual suffering would have been experienced. 

Copies of correspondence and telegrams in connection 
with efforts made to relieve coal situations are also en- 
closed and marked from 24 to 37. 

2. In conclusion it is stated that during the period from 
April, 1917, to January i, 1919, approximately 140,000 re- 
cruits, passing through this depot, were equipped with 
clothing, housed, and fed. The problem of caring for the 
applicants and accepted recruits was a serious one during 
the month of December, 1917, as due to the fact that vol- 
untary enlistments ceased on the 15th of that month, 
there was a great number of applicants and they arrived 
in New Rochelle, N. Y., in great numbers for several days 
and the number exceeded thousands daily. At one time 
there were about six thousand applicants cared for and 
housed by the people of New Rochelle and Mt. Vernon, 
N. Y., the post being taxed to its limits, in fact over- 
crowded. There was very little suffering on account of 
the severe weather, however, as levery effort was made to 



376 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

get the men at the Post in warm clothing, etc., and for that 
purpose the issue rooms were kept open from early in the 
morning until after midnight. 

3. As the Quartermaster Corps personnel of this 
station has been undergoing constant changes, due to 
transfers, commissioning of men, etc., too much credit 
cannot be given to the commanding officer, officers, and 
personnel of the permanent party for their cooperation 
and assistance to successfully carry on the work con- 
nected with the Quartermaster Corps. 

H. C. ZiMMERMANN, 

Major, Quartermaster Corps, 

Quartermaster. 

From: Quartermaster. 

To: Historical Branch, General Administrative 

Division, Office of the Director of Purchase 
and Storage, Washington, D. C. 

Subject: Historical Summary. 

1. Referring to Paragraph 2 of your letter No. 201.34 
Fort Slocum, dated February 19, 1919, the following in- 
formation relative to the congestion of recruits at this 
Post in December, 1917, is furnished. 

2. When the announcement was made by the War 
Department in the early part of December, 1917, that no 
voluntary enlistments could be made after the 15th of 
that month, there was a general rush for the recruiting 
stations at the various cities and as these stations had no 
facilities to care for the applicants they were sent to this 
depot (the concentration point for the stations) as fast as 
the men were accepted. The men arrived here in droves 
so to speak, all day long, and the harbor boat assigned to 
this post brought from 200 to 300 men on the return trip 



OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER 377 

from New York City. At first the number of arrivals were 
such they could easily be taken care of and housed in the 
available barracks, but within a few days the number 
had so increased that the problem began. There were 
days when the arrivals ran into the thousands. The men 
had to be crowded into the barracks, the large drill hall 
was pressed into service, and finally the gymnasium of the 
Y. M. C. A. and the annex was occupied and every space 
where a cot and mattress could be placed was used. The 
use of cots had to be dispensed with at the drill hall and 
Y. M. C. A. buildings, except where there were concrete 
floors, and mattresses were placed as closely as possible, 
and in that way it was possible to accommodate from 
12,000 to 13,000 men. Fortunately, blankets were quickly 
furnished by the New York depot so as to provide ample 
covering for these men. 

3. As the men arrived so quickly the surgeons worked 
half of the nights to examine and enlist them. The en- 
listments averaged one thousand a day, but as the men 
had to be equipped with uniforms after their enlistment 
and their records prepared, it took some time before the 
first arrivals were ready to be sent out. While these men 
were being prepared for transfer elsewhere, the arrivals 
continued and there being no further accommodations for 
them, at the iPost, the people of New Rochelle and Mt. 
Vernon came to the rescue and housed the overflow in 
halls, lodge rooms, churches, clubs, and finally individual 
citizens took into their homes as many as they could. 
The Red Cross furnished blankets wherever needed. 
Major A. B. Van Wormer of this post was detailed to co- 
operate with the Citizens' Relief Committees and Mr. M. 
Clark, the physical director, assisted by enlisted men, rep- 
resented the commanding officer with headquarters at 
the Knights of Columbus Hall, where the men quartered 



378 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

in town reported for instructions, and as fast as instruc- 
tions were received to ship out enlisted men, others were 
brought to the depot. When no relief was in sight, the 
commanding officer communicated with the adjutant 
general and orders were issued to relieve the congestion 
in town by sending about a thousand men for three or four 
days to Camp Dix, New Jersey. This was done as ex- 
peditiously as possible by having Mr. Clark, assisted by a 
number of enlisted men, detailed for the purpose, gather 
the men and have them escorted to the ferry. After ar- 
rival at the Post, their names were verified, and they were 
taken to large steamers chartered for the purpose by the 
New York depot, and transported to the railroad terminals 
in New Jersey. Lunches were provided for the men en 
route, and taken aboard the steamers in large packing 
cases. When the first transfer to Camp Dix, New Jersey, 
was made, the number of applicants at New Rochelle and 
Mt. Vernon was about ten thousand, and not six thousand 
as stated in my report. After these transfers were made 
in addition to the regular transferof enlisted recruits, things 
began to ease up and soon thereafter all applicants were 
again housed at Fort Slocum. It was fortunate that the 
bay did not freeze over until all the men were brought to 
the Post. Had severe weather set in during that time, 
difficulty would have been encountered in getting them 
over, as the ferry service was very irregular, and at times 
it had to be stopped for two or three days. 

4. W'hen the normal was again reached the command- 
ing officer made application to have the people of New 
Rochelle reimbursed for the subsistence furnished the 
men, which request was granted and the sum of ^13,367.06, 
based on the number of men and days, and computed at the 
value of the garrison rations. The amount was paid by the 
Quartermaster to the mess officer, who in turn dealt with 



OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER 379 

the committees. In this manner regulations were com- 
piled with and the Quartermaster dealt only with the offi- 
cer in charge of the general mess for the number of rations 
concerned. 

5. Before concluding, I wish to briefly describe the 
method used in expediting issue of uniforms. After the 
applicants were accepted and sworn in, they were assigned 
to the various organizations, issued their mess kits, over- 
coats, etc., and their clothing slip made out. In order to 
accomplish this the organization clerks worked most of 
the nights. The issue room was opened soon after break- 
fast, and the men brought there by companies, entered 
the issue room in single file, and were first issued their 
shoes, then underwear, stockings, breeches and coats, and 
finally belts and hats, and then passed out of another door, 
fell in line again, and were marched back to their barracks 
where they changed from civilian clothing to uniform. 
Very few changes had to be made as the team of enlisted 
men on duty at the issue room had the gift of telling what 
sizes were required merely by looking the men over. 
When this method of issue had gotten in good working 
order, it was possible to equip as high as i,ico men from 
about 8 A.M. until 11 or 11.30 p.m. and make exchanges 
besides. 

H. C. ZiMMERMANN, 

Major, Quartermaster Corps, 

Quartermaster. 



WAR ACTIVITIES 

The great World War was suddenly forced upon an 
unsuspecting world, which had been traveling along a 
peace basis for many years. Especially was this true of 
America, which had had no thought of war for about 
sixteen years. The J. A. Mahlstedt Lumber and Coal 
Company was no exception to the rule but when the first 
call did come we adapted ourselves to the new conditions 
promptly. It was this universal trait of adaptability of 
the American people which the German military machine 
so far underestimated as to ultimately cause its complete 
downfall. 

The first call to test the Mahlstedt organization during 
the great World War came in July, 1916. The "Black 
Tom" explosion in New Jersey caused great havoc and 
damage in and around the lower part of New York City, 
literally wrecked nearly every building on Ellis Island, 
the great immigrant receiving and detention station 
located in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. The 
tremendous explosion, which smashed doors, ground 
windows to dust, wrecked ceilings, and made a veritable 
havoc, occurred on a Saturday night. 

Upon the urgent request of the War Department the 
Northeastern Construction Company was instructed to 
proceed immediately to replace the damage to Ellis Island. 
On Sunday afternoon the Mahlstedt Company was called 

380 



WAR ACTIVITIES 38 1 

on the telephone by the Northeastern Construction Com- 
pany and told: "Ellis Island has been blown to pieces. 
Can you turn your mill and all your facilities over to this 
Government work?" We replied that we would and we 
were notified to replace the damaged millwork, doors, 
windows, frames, cabinet work, etc. Early Monday 
morning before the shells had stopped exploding, the 
Mahlstedt field force were on Ellis Island with draftsmen 
starting to detail all the work necessary to be replaced and 
so the work of reconstruction began. 

It was not only necessary to draw details from the frag- 
ments left in order that the new work should match the 
old, but all this material had to be transported from New 
Rochelle to the boat running from lower New York City 
direct to the Island. The rapidity with which the material 
was needed is understood when one considers that the 
enormous population of Ellis Island was without shelter 
and it was not a question of weeks but of hours which 
counted. There is a large hospital there and the patients 
had to be protected. This efficiency of service was main- 
tained until the last item was delivered. When it all was 
completed the War Department made due acknowledg- 
ment of the part we had taken. 

The next call came from Bridgeport. The Remington 
Arms Company was building large new factories and the 
thousands of new workmen had to be housed. The city 
of Bridgeport could not do it and houses could not be 
found; therefore, the Remington Arms Company decided 
to build the necessary houses itself. We received a con- 
tract calling for over four hundred round columns, over 
three hundred square columns, some over twenty feet long 
and over two hundred pilasters. All this was ordered to 
be put on the work promptly and it was. 

Early in the spring of 1917 the Government advertised 



382 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

for bids for the erection of fifty barracks on Fort Slocum, 
and the same firm that had the Ellis Island work, the 
Northeastern Construction Company, received the con- 
tract after bids had been taken. Fort Slocum is the largest 
recruiting receiving station in the East and has some times 
housed between twelve thousand and fifteen thousand 
soldiers. 

On April 6, 1917, war was declared on Germany and the 
real war rush was on. The U. S. Navy Department 
selected a portion of City Island, N. Y., called Rodman 
Point for a cantonment, later called Pelham Bay Naval 
Training Station. The construction of the first section 
called "Main Camp" was placed with Henry Steers, Inc., 
in conjunction with the U. S. Navy Department's Con- 
struction Manager, Commander E. C. Brown. It was 
only after the keenest competition and under a most rigid 
contract, involving heavy penalties for non-fulfillment, 
that we were awarded the contract, which included win- 
dows, doors, trim, and frames. We supplied the first load 
of lumber to start the operation as well as sand, gravel, 
and cement. It became necessary to supply creosoted 
yellow pine posts and we had to install a pit and do the 
creosoting ourselves. We had to supply hundreds of bags 
of cement, when their supply failed to arrive, barge loads 
of sand, gravel, and stone. It was considered that no one 
outside of New York City would be able to undertake and 
successfully complete such a gigantic undertaking. W^e 
had to submit the letters of the commanding officers on 
Ellis Island and Fort Slocum to prove that we had already 
demonstrated our ability to adapt ourselves to work no 
matter how large, before Commander Brown reluctantly 
awarded us the contract to furnish the entire millwork com- 
plete in thirty days, Sundays included. This main camp 
was a complete city in itself, housing six thousand men. 



WAR ACTIVITIES 383 

About this time the call came for volunteers, and think- 
ing of their country first, the following members of the 
Mahlstedt organization volunteered to fight for Uncle 
Sam. 



F. M. Schilling P. Henningar 

* G. Zimmerman J. Rosa 

F. A. Heidig J. DeVito 
J. F. Mahlstedt J. Levin 

R. A. Mahlstedt F. Corozalli 

G. H. Mahlstedt C. Van Duesen 
B. Carson C. Cross 

* W. Jones — Mitchell 

* T. Margotti W. Towns 

* Deceased. 

The loss of these men seriously hampered the functions 
of our organization. However, firmly believing in the prin- 
ciple of right, and patriotically endeavoring to serve the 
Government, we reconstructed our forces and went ahead. 

Sixteen submarine chasers were to be built at City 
Island by Robert Jacob, Inc., and Kyle and Purdy; a 
hurry call and our field forces responded. Could we fur- 
nish the heavy timbers to frame the boats? Yes. Did 
we have any? Yes. When can you deliver some? At 
once, and continuously thereafter as required. What 
about the interior work, deck houses, lockers, bunks, 
tables, doors, and so forth, could we make things like that 
very promptly? We surely could and we did. 

We supplied materials for the war on the following work: 

Groton Iron Works, Noank, Conn. 
B. F. Wood, City Island, N. Y. 



384 NEW ROCHELLE: HER PART IN THE GREAT WAR 

Foundation Co., Kearney, N. J. 
Trailer Ship Yard, Cornwell, Pa. 
Robert Jacob, City Island 

(58 hydroplanes — spruce and oak) 

We furnished oak for submarine chasers to: 

Staten Island 

Shipbuilding Corporation, College Point, N. Y. 

Elco Boat Works, Bayonne, N. J. 

Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Corporation, Gildersleeve, 

Conn. 
Roanoke Iron Works, Wilson Point, Conn. 
Fort Schuyler, N. Y., and Fort Totten, N. Y. 

(^00,000 feet of lumber for barracks) 
Ellis Island, N. Y. 
Remington Arms, Bridgeport, Conn. 
Arsenal, Hastings, N. Y. 
Fort Slocum, N. Y. 
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station, City Island, 

N. Y. 
U. S. Shipping Board, Wilson Pt., So. Norwalk, Conn. 
College Point, N. Y. 
Astoria, L. I. 

Nearly all of this work was completed before the sign- 
ing of the armistice on November 11, 191 8. Of the 
organization who volunteered their services for their 
country, the honor roll contains the names previously 
mentioned. If those who stayed at home felt that, on 
account of age, they could not volunteer or even be 
drafted, at the very beginning of the war, they volun- 
teered their services in the several organizations for home 
defense of our city and were represented as follows: 



J- 


A. 


Mahlstedt, 


H. 


E. 


, Lapp, 


F. 


L. 


Beeton, 


A. 


J. 


Holler, 



WAR ACTIVITIES 385 

Lieutenant Secret Service and 

Minute Men. 
Minute Men and Reserve. 
Captain Police Auxiliary. 
First Sergt. Police Auxiliary . 

And others worked in harmony in all the several cam- 
paigns, such as Liberty and Victory Loans, Red Cross, 
War Savings Stamps, etc., devoting night after night 
to the canvass, and tabulation of reports, animating with 
patriotic fervor the spirit of Americanism which flowed 
through the veins of every patriotic employee, so that in 
every campaign the Mahlstedt Company had an honor 
flag of 100%. We are righteously proud of this oppor- 
tunity to briefly mention our part in the W^orld War, to 
say, "We Did our Bit And Did it Well," which has been 
acknowledged in many ways by the government. 

25 



©uv IF^onov IRoll 



" We saiv not clearly nor understood 

But, yielding ourselves to the master-hand 
Each in his part as best he could. 

We played it through as the author planned." 

— Alan Seeger. 



Abbott, Edward P. 
Abel, Frank 
Abel, Henry J. 
Abrams, Milton 
Acocella, Joseph 
Adam, John, Jr. 
Adams, Charles A. 
Adams, Ernest 
Adams, Robert D. 
Adams, William J. 
Agar, Herbert S. 
Agar, William M. 
Agati, Frank D. 
Aiello, Michael 
Aiello, Peter 
Aikenhead, Donald T. 
Aimone, Raymond L, 
Aimone, Albert A. 
Aimone, Charles A. 
Alderdise, James J. 
Alexander, H. L. 
Alheit, Fred J. 
Allen, Harry 
Allen, Howard B. 
Allen, Leon 
Allen, Wm. H., Jr. 



Allen, Clinton 
Allen, Francis C. 
Allen, James 
Alles, Peter 
Alley, George B. 
AUoise, Frank 
Alloise, Patsy 
Altesain, Vincent J. 
Ambrose, Daniel 
Ambrose, Rocho 
Ames, Cortland F. 
Ammenheuser, Carl 
Amori, Francesco 
Anderson, Charles G. 
Anderson, Edward A. 
Anderson, Henry F. 
Anderson, Alex. L. 
Anderson, Arthur W. 
Anderson, Harold P. 
Anderson, John A. 
Anderson, Valentine 
Anderson, Victor R. 
Anderson, William A. 
Anderson, Charlotte 
Anderson, Fritz 
Anderson, Harold E. 

387 



Anderson, Elbert O. 
Andrew, Edward 
Anidos, Sunday R. 
Anthes, Edwin A. 
Applin, F. D. 
Archer, George, Jr. 
Archer, Robert L. 
Archer, William 
Archibald, John O. 
Arken, Joseph 
Armando, Amori 
Arnold, Henry B. 
Arnold, John A. 
Arnold, Arthur H. 
Askin, Joseph 
Askins, Lawrence 
Atkinson, PhiUp C. 
Attisani, Vincent J. 
Augustine, Marcel 
Augur, Richard F. 

Baccine, John 
Bacon, George T., Jr, 
Bacon, Macee 
Badeau, J. Edgar 
Bailey, George F. 



388 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Baker, Edward P. 
Baker, DeWitt C, Jr. 
Baldrick, William A. 
Ballard, Frank W. 
Baltz, Ambrose A. 
Bannon, Michael J. 
Bantel, William M. 
Bardua, Henry 
Baretsky, Louis 
Barker, Elsie D. 
Barker, Wesley Lyon, Jr. 
Barletti, Joseph 
Barletti, James B. 
Barletti, Martin 
Barnes, Alfred E. 
Barnes, Arthur C. 
Barnes, Paul S. 
Barnett, David 
Barotta, Pietro 
Barrett, Nathan 
Barrett, Edward 
Barrett, James A., Jr. 
Barrett, Joseph A. 
Barrett, Alfred J. 
Barrett, Joseph P. 
Barrett, Leo F. 
Barrett, Robert E. 
Barry, J. C. 
Bartels, Richard W. 
Bartley, Charles W. 
Bartnett, Aloysius 
Bartnett, Eugene E. 
Bartnett, James J. 
Bartnett, H. A. 
Bartnett, John 
Bartnett, OUie 
Barton, Carl P. 
Bashore, Joseph B. 
Bassi, Austin S. 
Bastine, W. S. 
Bates, Nicholas E., Jr. 
Bates, William L. 
Battey, William E. 
Eauer, Conrad J. 



Baimi, Gustav 
Baumann, Frank 
Bayes, Frank 
Bean, William 
Becher, Michael 
Becher, Arthur 
Beck, August L. 
Beck, Axel G. 
Becker, John 
Bedford, Charles J. 
Bedford, Albert 
Behling, Fred C. 
Behling, John L. 
Behrend, Ludwig H. 
Behrens, Everett E. 
Beil, Frank H. 
Beil, John H. 
Bele, Clement 
Belfiore, Frank 
Bell, Charles 
Bell, William B., Jr. 
Bell, John S. 
Bell, Norman S. 
Bender, George J., Jr. 
Benedict, Sumner L. 
Bengtosan, Henry J. 
Benson, Henry 
Benz, John W. 
Benz, William J. 
Berg, Elinus 
Bergen, Michael 
Berger, John H. 
Berges, Valentine H. 
Bergin, Edward J. 
Bergin, John J. 
Bergman, Victor 
Bemdt, Eric F. 
Bemsohn, Harry B. 
Berry, Percy W. 
Bertram, Robert A. 
Berzon, Edward 
Berzon, Harold 
Beshauer, Jas. V. 
Bettels, Edward T. 



Betts, Alfred J. 
Betts, Lawrence J. 
Beusse, Christian F. 
Beusse, Harry A. 
Biagio, Sotile 
Bigelow, R. L. 
Bigelow, Lester 
Bigler, Lynn S. 
Bill, Edward L. 
Bill, Raymond 
Bitter, Wm. A. 
Blanchard, Kenneth W. 
Blaney, David A. 
Blanth, John J. 
Blatz, Charles M. 
Blau, Hugo 
Block, Harry E. 
Bloom, Lewis 
Bloom, David A. 
Bloom, Hyman 
Bloom, John H. 
Bloom, William P. 
Bloom, William S. 
Bloom, Abraham 
Bloomfield, Fred 
Blume, Frank 
Blume, Gerhard 
Bodde, William 
Bodine, Malcolm W. 
Bodmer, John A. 
Bolnik, Samuel 
Bolnik, Tobias 
Bonelli, Carlo 
Bonke, Man 
Bood, Axel 
Booker, Robert A. 
Borski, Max 
Botti, Charles 
Bouton, W. Stanley 
Bovie, Harry W, 
Bowen, Robert 
Boxberger, M. 
Boxberger, George J. 
Boyd, Adrian 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



389 



Boyd, Arthur 
Boyle, Ralph 
Bradford, H. Earl 
Bradley, Reginald F. 
Brady, Edmund 
Brady, J. Robert 
Brady, Edward J. 
Brady, Joseph J. 
Brady, Philip E. 
Brady, Thomas S. 
Brady, William J. 
Brady, Gerald 
Brady, Daniel J. 
Braegger, Victor 
Brainin, Howard 
Brandel, Otto 
Brassington, R. R. 
Bravey, James 
Breaden, Eugene L. 
Brennan, Thomas J. 
Brennan, John A. 
Brettell, Clinton 
Brindley, Reginald W. 
Brindley, William 
Bringolf, George A. 
Brittin, Oliver P. 
Britton, Louis 
Broder, Thomas J. 
Brodt, John H. 
Bromback, Arthur D. 
Brookheart, James 
Brooks, Leverick V. V. 
Bross, Fred 
Brower, Walter E. 
Brown, David E. 
Brown, Randolph F. 
Brown, Whit 
Brown, Carey 
Brown, Robert 
Brown, Charles 
Brown, Ernest 
Brown, Paul 
Brown, Robert 
Brown, William L. 



Brown, Joe 
Brown, Joseph S. 
Brown, Wallace T. 
Brown, Bolden 
Bruce, Willie 
Brunner, Joseph T. 
Bruno, Charles 
Bryan, Philip D. 
Bryn, Clarence 
Bucar, Edward 
Bucknam, John R. 
Bullock, D. 
Bunn, Eugene 
Bunt, Reginald H. 
Burd, Arthur 
Burger, Raymond 
Burke, Jeffry 
Burke, John J. 
Burke, Thomas P. 
Burke, Thomas 
Burke, Thomas J. 
Burke, Alphonses R. 
Burke, James W. 
Burke, James N. 
Burke, James J. 
Burkhard, Chas. G. 
Burkle, Harold 
Burr, George C. 
Burrill, Dudley 
Burroughs, Wallace C. 
Burroughs, N. G. 
Burwell, D. L. 
Butler, Edward K. 
Butler, Herbert F. 
Butler, Joseph W. 
Butterfield, Harold 
Butterworth, Alex. S. 
Butterworth, James P. 
Butti, Charles A. 
Buttigliere, Salvatore 
Byrne, Bartholomew J. 

Cahen, Ned E. 
Cahill, Paul 



Cahill, Thomas 
Calenberg, Walter D. 
Calienelo, John 
Calnan, John 
Calomino, Michael 
Cameron, George W. 
Cameron, Hector 
Cameron, Kenneth 
Cameron, Norman 
Cameron, Alexander 
Camp, Harrison H. 
Camp, Chauncey F. 
Campanelli, Nicola 
Campbell, Alex. H. 
Campbell, George M. 
Campbell, James P. 
Campbell, Wallace 
Campbell, Ed. F. 
Campi, John 
Campo, Frank 
Candee, Fred 
Canedy, Malcolm 
Canfield, John H. 
Canio, Mecca 
Canniff, Daniel 
Cannon, George, Jr. 
Capaiolo, Antonio 
Capea, Dominick 
Capeci, Gabriel R. 
Capi, Antonio 
Capo, Franco 
Capobianco, Nicola 
Capossela, James J. 
Capparelli, Frank L. 
Cappola, Antonio 
Caputo, Frank 
Carbo, Dominick 
Carey, James 
Carlson, Oscar 
Carmi, George 
Carpenter, Stephen L. 
Carravetta, Charles 
Carrington, C. G. 
Carroll, James F. 



390 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Carroll, LeRoy 
Carroll, Robert 
Carroll, Edward A. 
Carroll, William F. 
Carson, Francis X. 
Carson, Benjamin 
Carson, Edwin J. 
Carson, John J. 
Carter, Nick 
Carter, Albert 
Carter, Glenn O. 
Carter, Miran L. 
Carter, George 
Caruso, Joseph 
Carvalho, B. N. 
Cary, Claxton 
Casentino, F. 
Casiraghi, Gilbert 
Cassell, Axel E. 
Casserly, Matthew 
Castaniana, Joseph 
Cataldo, Frank A. 
Cavalliere, Michael 
Cavanagh, Paul B. 
Cella, Louis S. 
Cerreta, James S. 
Cerreta, James V. 
Cerreta, Joseph M. 
Cerreta, Anthony 
Chamberlain, D. L. 
Chamberlin, Harold A. 
Chanut, Jean M. 
Chapin, Walter F. 
Chapman, Harry V. 
Chappeil, Robert E. 
Charla, Joseph 
Cherby, Samuel J. 
Chererie, James V. 
Chesbrough, John W. 
Chester, George R. 
Chiarizio, Sol. F. 
Childs, Samuel D. 
Chisholm, Daniel A. 
Choats, Chas. H. 



Choules, George 
Christensen, A. G. 
Christie, William E. 
Christy, P. F. 
Church, C. T. 
Chxirch, David A. 
Chute, Gordon L. 
Ciancuillo, Louis 
Ciani, A. 

Ciano, Michele C. 
Cioffari, G. 
Circillo, Fortunato 
Clancy, Jesse 
Clark, Percival I. 
Clark, D. J. 
Clark, James R. 
Clark, John D. 
Clark, H. J. 
Clark, Joseph 
Clark, Lester 
Clark, F. M. 
Clarke, Frank D. 
Clarke, Joseph C. 
Claudet, Eugene F. 
Cleveland, William 
Close, W. S. 
Cluff, John Joseph 
Coats, Guy Harold 
Cochran, Wm. Thos. 
Codding, Francis C. 
Coffin, Herbert A. 
CoflErey, P. M. 
Cohen, Morton M. 
Cohen, Abraham 
Cohen, David F. 
Cohen, Harry L. 
Cohen, Charley 
Cohen, Paul M. 
Cohen, Herman 
Cohomino, W. 
Colangelo, Giuseppe 
Colby, Barrett C. 
Cole, Harry D. 
Cole, Howard I. 



Coleman, Harry 
Colenan, John 
Colgan, G. C. 
Colgate, Russel A. 
Collins, Patrick 
Collins, Wm. R., Jr. 
Collins, Edward 
Colombo, Joseph 
Colomino, Michael 
Coloney, H. P. 
Colotti, Ralph 
Colton, Raymond 
Colwell, Harry E. 
Colwell, Robert C. 
Combes, Frank C, Jr. 
Comrzio, B. 
Conazelli, Frank 
Concezine, Buccine 
Condon, Lester P. 
Condon, James 
Condon, Michael J. 
Condon, Thomas J. 
Condon, Wm. B. 
Conklin, Theodore B. 
Conklin, Harold S. 
Conklin, John 
Conklin, Ferris 
Connell, Frank E. 
Connelly, James L. 
Connelly, Charles J. 
Connelly, John J. 
Connolly, Cyril P. 
Connolly, John G. 
Connolly, Joseph M. 
Connor, Edwin I., Jr. 
Conover, William K. 
Conrad, Edward 
Consadene, James E. 
Constanions, Joseph 
Conti, Salvatore 
Contos, Louis 
Contrada, Benjamin 
Contrato, Patsey A. 
Conway, Edward J. 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



391 



Conway, John 
Conway, James E. 
Conway, Leo 
Conway, Arthur W. 
Cook, Daniel 
Cook, Harold A. W. 
Coonan, John 
Cooper, Charles 
Cooper, Vincent V. 
Cooper, Bernard M. 
Cooper, Edward 
Cooper, F. Merritt 
Cooper, Homer S. 
Cooper, Richard 
Cordial, E. D. 
Cordle, Bert 
Cordore, Raffaele 
Coriezio, Bussiri 
Com, Clarence 
Com, Douglas 
Comell, Howard I. 
Corrazelli, Frank 
Cosentino, Flore 
Costa, Christopher 
Costaniano, Joseph 
Cotruzzula, Domenico 
Cotter, Daniel J, 
Cotter, Michael J. 
Cotter, Michael 
Courselle, Oliver F. 
Coutu, Raymond J. 
Cowen, Robert 
Cowham, Fred 
Cowhig, Sylvester J. 
Cox, John 
Crane, Ralph A. 
Crawford, Harry 
Crawford, Huston 
Crawford, Arthur R. 
Crawford, Thomas N. 
Crawford, John Wm. 
Creaturo, Joseph 
Creecy, Edmond H. P. 
Cremin, Thomas V. 



Crennan, OUie V. 
Crennan, Wm. A. 
Cronyn, Kenneth 
Crook, Fred H. 
Crowell, Eddy H. 
Crum, Alfred H. 
Cubbon, Ernest G. 
Cubelli, Joseph 
Cucino, Joseph 
Cunan, Walter 
Cunneen, John J. 
Cunneen, Joseph F. 
Cunningham,BrendonK, 
Curran, James J. 
Currins, Joseph 
Curtis, CliflEord 
Curtis, William C. 
Cusano, Francesco 
Cushing, Otto W. 

Dacono, Lo Giuseppe 
D'Agati, Frank 
Dalrymple, Fitz William 
Daly, Francis J. 
Daly, Edwin B. 
D'Angelo, Frank 
Danilson, A. E., Jr. 
Darling, Harold 
Darling, Richard 
Dassler, Clifford A. 
Davids, Irving C. 
Davidson, Lucius 
Davidson, Henry A. 
Davidson, Alfred E., Jr. 
Davidson, Edward 
Davidson, L. H. 
Davidson, Benjamin 
Davis, James 
Davis, Percy 
Davis, Glasco 
Davis, Walter 
Davis, George M., Jr. 
Davis, Harvey 
Day, Ellison 



Day, Erling 
Dealy, Arthur J. 
Dealy, D. Ed. 
Dean, William A. 
Deats, Leland F. 
Deckel, Isidor 
Decker, Raymond 
Decker, William B. 
Decker, Ralph K. 
Decker, Kenneth 
Deeves, Thomas M. 
Deeves, John R. 
Deeves, Harold H. 
DeFeo, J. Peter 
Deirlein, Charles 
De Klyn, Charles C. 
Delbridge, John L. 
De Lucco, Anthony 
Demarco, Salvatore 
De Mers, Claud S. 
Dempsey, John J. 
Denison, Elsworth 
DePaul, 

DePue, James C. 
De Robbelli, Dominick 
Deny, Lewis C. 
De Siena, Gaetano 
De Siena, Mario 
Desmond, John G. 
Despres, Arthur 
Dessau, John 
De Vito, V. J. 
Devitt, Joseph 
De Witt, Thomas D. 
Diaz, Julian L. 
Diaz, Charles 
DiCanio, Benjamin 
DiDomenico, Nicola 
Dietrichen, Erasmus 
Di lori, Joseph 
Dillon, Adrian M. 
Dillon, John T., Jr. 
Dillon, Gregory 
Dillon, Philips N. 



392 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Dimond, Edwin S. 
Di Napoli, John 
Dineen, John T. 
Dinn, Roger M. 
Di Palma, Luigi 
Di Palma, Lawrence 
Dodge, R. S. 
Doering, Jacob W. 
Doering, Charles 
Doering, Edward L. 
Doern, Carl 
Doherty, James 
Doherty, John 
Doherty, Sydney John 
Dolan, Harry J. 
Dolan, George E. 
Dolan, Francis S. 
Dolan, James A. 
Dolan, John 
Dolan, William H. 
Domato, Canio 
Domenico, J. 
Domnrad, Frank 
Donahue, Benjamin A. 
Donahue, Daniel G. 
Donahue, Philip J, 
Donaldson, James 
Donan, Francis S. 
Donavan, E. 
Donnellan, James 
Donnelly, T. J. 
Donnelly, P. Joseph 
Donofrio, Nicholas 
D'Onofrio, William 
Donoprio, Anthony 
Donovan, John J. 
Donovan, Richard J. 
Dooling, Thomas J. 
Douglas, Ray 
Dovano, Domenico 
Downer, Harold S. 
Downey, Harry S. 
Downey, Walter A. 
Doyle, Joseph 
*Deceased 



Doyle, Maurice V. 
Drake, H. Robert 
Drake, Victor W. 
Drake, George W. 
DriscoU, Dennis J. 
Drummond, John V. 
Ducar, Edward 
Ducat, Reginald 
Dudley, Charles 
Duncan, Wardell 
Duncan, John 
Dunkel, Clifford A. 
Dunkel, Carl M. 
Dimkel, George B. 
Dunleavy, Joseph P. 
Dunleavy, James C. 
Dunn, Daniel P. 
Dunn, John P. 
Dunn, Joseph A. 
Dunn, Roger M. 
Dunn, William P. 
Dupre, Arthur J. 
Durant, Fred 
Duryee, Remsen 
Duryee, Andrew B. 
Dwyer, Dominic 
Dwyer, Frank L. 

Eames, Lester B. 
Eckley, Harold 
Eckstein, Henry 
Eddy, Herbert H. 
Eddy, Robert C. 
Eddy, William A. 
Eddy, William W. 
Eddy, Clarence F. 
Edwards, Andrey 
Edwards, Robert S. 
Egan, Edward J. 
Ege, Charles J. 
Eikner, Vestor 
Elbert, Henry A. 
Elderkin, Ellsworth J. 
♦Elliot, Wm. L., Jr. 



Ellner, Eugene 
Emens, Warren H. 
Emerson, Paul B. 
Emerson, Robert W. 
Emslie, George 
Emslie, George, Jr. 
Engelbrekt, Harold 
Engell, James 
Engelson, Morris H. 
Engle, John 
Engle, Fred 
Englebert, Sherman J. 
Englebert, Henry A. 
English, Henry 
Eniight, Frank J. 
Enright, George D. 
Enright, Philip 
Ensinger, F. B. 
Enteristle, James 
Enty, Ferdinand S. 
Entz, Thomas D. 
Entz, F. S. 
Erickson, Frank 
Erickson, John W. 
Erickson, Leonard W.M. 
Ericson, Frank E. 
Ernes, E. J. 
Ettari, Oscar A. 
Ettari, Hector 
Evans, Glenn S. 
Evans, Lynn 
Evans, Archibald Roy 
Evenson, Paul 
Everiss, Clifford A. 
Everiss, Richard E. 

Falkenau, Robert M. 
Fallon, Clarence A. 
Fanella, Louis J. , 

Fanelli, George 
Fanelli, Salvator 
Fanelli, Frank R. 
Farley, John 
Farley, Lawrence J. 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



393 



Farley, Philip E. 
Farley, Thomas E. 
Farley, Wm. F. 
Farmer, Larston C. 
Farnum, Harry G. 
Farrell, John, Jr. 
Farrell, William J. 
Fasso, Thomas 
Fastiggi, Vito 
Faurot, Lester C. 
Fay, Michael J. 
Fearing, Ashton C. 
Feldman, Samuel A. 
Feldman, Israel 
Fellows, Wallace W, 
Fennel, Albert A. 
Ferguson, Alfred D. 
Ferguson, Michell 
Fernschild, Edward B. 
Fernschild, William H. 
Ferrara, Charles 
Ferrara, Paul 
Ferrara, D. 
Ferrara, Charles R. 
Ferrari, Emidio 
Ferraro, Vito A. 
Ferraro, B. 
Filla, George H. 
Filman, John H. 
Finch, Charles H. 
Finch, Wilmot 
Finley, Albert 
Finn, John 
Fischer, Albert 
Fischweicher, Thomas 
Fish, Grafton B. 
Fisher, Edward W. 
Fisher, Harold L. 
Fisher, George N. 
Fisher, Fred B. 
Fitzer, Orville Robinson 
FitzGerald, Paul B. 
Fitzgerald, Maurice 
Fitzpatrick, John B. 



Flaherty, Walter A. 
Flanagan, Melvin F. 
Flanagan, Edward M. 
Flanagan, J. 
Flandreaux, Harold J. 
Flanegan, Charles E. 
Fleming, Joseph J. 
Fleming, William 
Fletcher, James W. 
Fletcher, Thomas M. 
Fletcher, Leroy 
Fletcher, William 
Flynn, Joseph J. 
Flynn, Joseph A. 
Fodero, Domenico 
Foglia, George 
Foglia, Carmine 
Foglia, Frank 
Foglia, Joseph 
Foglio, George 
Foglio, James 
Folger, Duncan C. 
Folly, John 
Fonda, Howard 
Fookes, Edgar 
Ford, Alfred J. 
Ford, Edward F. 
Ford, James P. 
Ford, Leon L. 
Ford, William A. 
Forrest, Dighton W. 
Foster, M. L. 
Foulkes, J. L. 
Fowler, George W., Jr. 
Fox, Edward J. 
Fox, George H. 
Fox, James H. 
Fox, John J. 
Fox, Matthew 1. 
Fox, William 
Foy, Bryan 
France, Albert F. 
France, Irving H. 
Francis, Henry 



Francis, John A. 
Francis, John A. 
Franklin, Harold 
Frantz, John F. 
Franzago, Frank 
Franzago, Louis 
Eraser, Edw. H. 
Eraser, Irving T. 
Freda, Benfamino 
Frega, Pietro 
French, Cedric 
French, Lee 
Fuller, George W., Jr. 
Fuller, Warren 
Fulton, Clifford 
Funnie, Adolphus 
Funnie, James W. 
Furey, Edward R. 
Furey, Harry M. 
Fyall, William 

Gabriele, Demetrio 
Gagan, George L. 
Gagan, Wm. 
Gahan, Edward F. 
Galbraith, William R. 
Gallant, Leo T. 
Gallello, Marcello 
Galligan, George A. 
Galligan, Joseph T. 
Galzoni, Emanuli 
Gamelin, William A. 
Garges, S. J. 
Gargiulo, Ralph 
Gargiulo, Dewey D. 
Garibaldi, Angelo 
Garrett, Edward M. 
Garrison, Ralph R. 
Garrone, Frank E. 
Garvin, Frank E. 
Gay, Guilford E. 
Gebhardt, Christian J. F. 
Gedney, D. L. 
Gehlen, Carl F. 



394 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Genoy, John J. 
Genoy, Thomas J. 
Genoy, William J. 
George, Russell G. 
Geracioti, Joseph F. 
Gerhart, Ralph A. 
Germmo, Joseph 
Gerraro, Alex. J. 
Gerretano, John 
Gerritty, John W. 
Getchell, John S. 
Giagiulli, Giuseppe 
Gianetta, Charles E. 
Giano, Michael 
Gianotti, Tony 
Giffing, Frank H. 
Giglio, Domenico 
Gilday, Michael 
Gilday, George 
Gildea, George J. 
Gilgillan, Frank 
Gilgillan, George 
Gill, John H. 
Gill, Lester M. 
Gill, Robert E. 
Gillespie, John A. 
Gilligan, Edward 
Ginsburg, A. 
Ginsburg, Isadore 
Girardi, Albert 
Gironda, Frank D. 
Girone, Felix 
Gitlitz, Abraham 
Gitlitz, Simon G. 
Glaccum, Wm. A. 
Glatz, Arthur A. 
Glatz, Emil 
Gleason, Walter J. 
Gleason, James F. 
Gleason, Michael J. 
Glick, Edward 
Gockeler, Albert M. 
Godfrey, Irving 
Godin, Frank 



Godkin, Charles R. 
Godkin, Mortimer C. 
Goff, William 
Goldberg, Milton S. 
Goldberg, Philip 
Goldstein, Jacob 
Goldstein, Nathan 
Gooding, Gerald J. 
Goodwin, James H. 
Gooss, Leonard A. 
Gordon, William R. 
Gordon, Samuel 
Gordon, Stanley 
Gordon, Douglas S. 
Gordon, Herman 
Gordon, Max 
Gordon, William 
Gorlitzer, William 
Gorman, John N. 
Gorman, James J. 
Gorman, Thomas 
Gorman, Andrew A, 
Gorman, Edward 
Gotti, Eugene 
Grab, Peter 
Grab, John G. 
Grady, Raymond L. 
Grant, Gordon M. 
Grant, Christopher 
Grant, John 
Grat, Thomas 
Grattan, Gerald E. 
Grattan, Michael D. 
Grattan, William 
Gray, Arthur 
Gray, James A. 
Gray, Philip 
Gray, William B. 
Gray, Julius C. 
Gray, William B., Jr. 
Gray, James 
Greathouse, Roy 
Greeley, Bradford W. 
Greeley, Briard N. 



Greeley, John E. 
Green, John W. 
Green, Victor J. 
Green, Walter J. 
Greene, Robert A. 
Greer, Arthur J. 
Gregory, Robert 
Gregory, Carl L. 
Gregory, Joseph F. 
Griffin, Arthur J. 
Griffin, Frank J. 
Griffin, Thomas J. 
Gritt, William 
Grogan, John 
Gross, William A. 
Grossa, Gabriel 
Groth, Edward M. 
Gruse, Henry A. 
Guest, Edwin H. 
Guglielmo, Filippo 
Guinney, Lawrence J. 
Gimderson, Christian 
Gunter, Joseph 

Haagensen, Harold E. 
Haaland, Sigvold 
Haber, Paul T. 
Hadaway, Seymour 
Haddick, Louis 
Haeger, Ralph 
Hafford, Clinton S. 
Hageny, John 
Hagerty, Robert 
Hagerty, Paul N. 
Haggerty, James L. 
Haines, Wilbur A. 
Haines, Ernest C. 
Hakanson, O. W. 
Haley, Thomas 
Hall, Joseph E. 
Hall, Thomas 
Hall, Henry C. 
Hall, James 
Haller, Anthony 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



395 



Haller, E. W. 
Haller, Herman 
Halsted, Hay ward D. 
Hamburger, Edward 
Hamburger, Morris 
Hamel, James 
Hamilton, Otto 
Hamilton, Thomas 
Hammerslougb , Chris 
Hammond, Lowell W. 
Hamp, George, Jr. 
Hannan, Michael J. 
Hannan, Thomas F., Jr. 
Hannegan, William 
Hansen, Frederick H. 
Hansen, Louis 
Hanson, Walter F. 
Harman, Edwin T. 
Harman, Henry M. 
Harman, Charles W., Jr. 
Harneit, Russell H. 
Harold, John K. 
Harris, Wilbur 
Harris, Copeland C. 
Harris, Eugene 
Harris, Samuel 
Harrison, August W. 
Harrison, Harold 
Hartley, George 
Hartley, Thomas H. 
Hartlett, Ernest 
Hartlett, Gustav A. 
Hartman, August 
Hartman, Fred 
Harvey, Samuel 
Harvey, Ralph L. 
Harvey, Henry J. 
Hatton, Clarence B. 
Havard, William J. 
Havard, Thomas D. 
Haven, Frank H. 
Havens, Lowell E. 
Havey, Philip J., Jr. 
Hawkins, Joe 



Hawley, Herbert 
Hawthorne, David L. 
Hawthorne, William I. 
Hawthorne, William L. 
Hayden, R. J. 
Hayes, Melvin H. 
Hayes, John J. 
Head, Gorham 
Healy, Francis 
Hefty, Emil 
Hefty, Harry L. 
Heidel, Arthur H. 
Heidig, John 
Heidig, Frank A. 
Heinemann, Louis G. 
Heller, Carl A. 
Heller, Charles S. 
Helmrich, George B. 
Henderson, E. O. 
Henderson, Peter J. 
Hendricks, Thomas K. 
Hendricks, George 
Hendrickson, George 
Hendrickson, C. W. 
Hengel, Frank J. 
Hennessy, Joseph 
Hennessy, Thomas F. 
Hennessy, Lawrence E, 
Hennessey, Frank J. 
Hennigar, Percy 
Henry, Albert E. 
Henry, Jesse R. 
Henshaw, Louis S. 
Herlihy, Wilbur J. 
Herman, Frederick C. 
Herron, Ashley M. 
Herz, Alfred 
Hettdale, Bert 
Hewitt, Calvin 
Hickey, Michael J. 
Hicks , Clarence J. 
Hildebrandt, Frederick 
Hill, Francis A. 
Hill, Bemise 



Hill, Raymond C. 
Hilldring, George V. 
Hilldring, J. Henry 
Hilldring, Karl F. 
Hinckley, Walter 
Hiscoe, Reginald V. 
Hitchcock, J. C, Jr. 
Hitchcock, James 
Hitchcock, Ralph M. 
Hitchcock, J. C, Sr. 
Hoag, Leonard E. 
Hoag, Wilson F. 
Hodder, Henry A. 
Hodge, William H. 
Hodges, Fay G. 
Hogan, D. F. 
Hohmann, George 
Hohmann, Edw. A. 
Holby, Worrell H. 
Holden, Heywood 
Holden, Thomas 
Holland, Edward P. 
Holland, Percy 
Hollenweger, George F. 
HoUingshead, Gordon 
Hollins, C. R. 
HoUis, Owen P. 
Holmes, A. T. 
Holmes, Roy H. 
Holt, Elmer E. 
Hook, J. M. 
Horton, C. S. 
Horton, Dudley R. 
Horton, Maurice P. 
Hough, William 
Houston, Stewait 
Howarth, J. O. 
Howe, Gerald C. 
Howes, Allen P. 
Howes, Ashley E. 
Howes, Elisha C, Jr. 
Howley, John J. 
Hoy, William 
Hoyt, J. L. 



396 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Hubbard, Leo S. 
Hubbell, Harold B. 
Hubel, Frederick A. 
Hubel, Philip 
Huber, Frank 
Huber, Julius O. 
Hubner, George H. 
Hughes, Matthew T. 
Hughes, Arthur J. 
Hughes, Peter J., Jr. 
Hunnewell, R. E. 
Hunter, Hejrward 
Hunter, Francis T. 
Huntington, J. Kenneth 
Huntington, S. W., Jr. 
Hutchinson, John 
Hyatt, James W., Jr. 
Hyatt, James 
Hyde, George B. 
Hyde, Herbert 
Hyman, James J. 
Hynd, Hubert 
Hynes, Frank X. 

larocci, Donato 
lato, Joseph Imme D. 
Immediato, Joseph 
Ingham, Harry 
Ingram, Joseph Robert 
Innecken, Albert 
Innecken, Gustave A. 
Irvin, Richard 
Iselin, Oliver 
Iselin, Adrian, 2d 
Iselin, C. Oliver, Jr. 
Iselin, O'Donnell 
Iselin, Wm. O'D. 
Italiener, Leonard 
Ivanno, Dominico 

Jachowicz, John 
Jackson, Henry P. 
Jackson, Jason 
Jacobson, Albert D. 
Jacobson, Egbert G. 



Jacobson, Joseph 
Jacobson, Victor 
Jacobson, Aaron 
Jacobson, Maxwell B. 
Jahn, Alfred P. 
James, Warren T. 
Jaques, Channing K. 
Jenkins, Gardener 
Jennings, John J. 
Jennings, Thomas L. 
Jennings, Paul 
Jimison, Harvey 
Johnson, Charles T. 
Johnson, Ruppel 
Johnson, James 
Johnson, Raymond 
Johnston, Halstead G. 
Johnston, Thomas 
John try, Howard 
Jomp, Ralph 
Jones, James 
Jones, Weston 
Jones, Robert H. 
Jones, Ralph H. 
Jones, Robert R. 
Jones, Thomas F. 
Jones, Thomas H. 
Jones, James R. 
Jones, George W. 
Jones, Edward R. 
Jones, William R., Jr. 
Jordan, William H. 
Joscelyn, Austin E. 
Joscelyn, Douglass L. 
Josinsky, Joseph H. 
Julian, Charles 

Kahnert, Michael J. 
Kaiser, Albert L. 
Kaiser, Richard 
Kalem, Abraham 
Kallischis, Anastasius S 
Kalmanson, B. 
Kalmine, Harry M. 



Kalogeras, George 
Kaplan, Samuel 
Kaplan, Mathew H. 
Kaplan, Isaac 
Kapp, Howard R. 
Karavetes, Peter 
Karras, George 
Kauflfman, Wm. Joseph 
Kauffman, John Francis 
Kazan jian, A. 
Kazan jian, Bedros 
Keane, Thomas 
Kear, Charles E. 
Keefer, Edw. G. 
Keefer, Joseph, Jr. 
Keeling, Arthur 
Keeshan, Lawrence W. 
Keggs, Harry W. 
Kellard, John H. 
Kellard, Thomas A. 
Kellard, Frank E. 
Kelleher, Dennis 
Keller, John F. 
Kelly, Martin J. 
Kelly, Walter G. 
Kelly, Eugene 
Kelly, James A. 
Kelly, James 
Kelly, Walter 
Kelly, Michael 
Kelly, William 
Kennedy, William J. 
Kennedy, W. J. 
Kennedy, Thomas C. 
Kennedy, Wm. H. 
Kennedy, John, Jr. 
Kenny, Frank 
Kensella, Theodore 
Keogh, Grenville T. 
Keogh, John 
Keogh, Martin J., Jr. 
Keogh, Richard E. 
Kerin, Edgar T. 
Kershow, William V. 



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397 



Kerslake, James H. 
Kerslake, Wm. 
Kerwin, Bernard J. 
Kerwin, Joseph A. 
Ketchum, Stuart M. 
Ketchum, Leonard C. 
Kettner, George L. 
Keyser, John W. 
Kiely, Thomas F. 
Kiernan, James T. 
Killeen, William 
Killeen, James 
Killikelly, Henry 
King, William W. 
King, Albert 
King, Henry 
King, Mark Jay, Jr. 
Kingsbury, Dudley L. 
Kingsbury, Slocum 
Kingsley, Frank 
Kirchhofer, Wm. 
Kirchoff, Walter 
Kistinger, Fred. D. 
Kistinger, Oscar F. M. 
Klan, Jos. M. 
Klein, Frederick H. 
Klein, William A. 
Klotz, Francis X. 
Klotz, William J. 
Knapp, Ludwig V. 
Knapp, Arthur 
Knevitt, Chas. H. 
Knoblauch, Rudolph 
Koch, William H. 
Koenig, Albert A. 
Kohl, Frank 
Kohlasch, Frank H. 
Kolbe, Arthur T. 
Kolins, Samuel 
Kolins, William 
Kopf, Hans 
Komeluissen, Gunnar 
Kothe, Warren 
Kraft, George 



Krahne'-t, Max 
Krapish, Alexander 
Kratzke, John 
Krause, Jos. 
Krueger, August 
Krueger, Edw. R. 
Krueger, Fred 
Kreuger, George 
Kruz, August 
Kuchler, Henry C. 
Kuchler, William E. 
Kuehn, Frederick J. 
KuU, Lloyd 
Kumer, Joseph 
Kunze, George, Jr. 
Kurz, Wm. G. 
Kusche, Wm. K. 
Kusche, Chas. W. 

La Bohn, Charles H. 
Lacy, Elmer E. 
Lahm, George P. 
Lalli, Giuseppe 
Lamberton, J. Raymond 
Landers, Herbert H. 
Landrine, Clarence 
Landrine, Frank 
Landrine, LeRoy 
Lane, Jack 
Langbein, Herman A. 
Lange, August C. H. 
Lange, William H. 
Langford, John E. 
Langlitz, George N. 
Lantza, Frank 
Laratto, Antonio 
Larkin, Peter J. 
Larkin, Martin D. 
Larocci, D. 
Lasallo, Francesco 
Lauer, Harry W. 
Lauer, Frederick G. 
Lavallo, Francesco 
Lawenthal, Wilfred B. 



Lawlor, Frank A. 
Lawrence, George 
Lawrie, Thomas 
Lawrie, William, Jr. 
Lawton, James A. 
Lawton, Walter K. 
Lawton, E. B. 
Leake, Nolan E. 
Leary, Harry C. 
LeCount, Shearwood 
LeCount, H. Pierre 
LeCount, C. Morgan 
LeCount, Frederick D. 
Ledger, Richard 
Lee, Harry 
Lee, Thomas 
Leech, George B. 
Leggat, Harry 
Leibfried, Philip F. 
Leinecker, Charles 
Leinecker, Jos. G. 
Lendus, William 
Lennon, James 
Leon, Walter T. 
Leonard, Charles A. 
Leonard, Raymond J. 
Leonard, William G. 
Leonard, Thomas B. 
Leonardi, Pasquale 
Leonardi, Sidney B. 
Lepore, Frank 
Lepore, William 
Lepore, Vincent 
Lepore, Anthony P. 
Lesser, Herman 
Lester, Henry M. 
Lester, Joseph W. 
Lester, William A. 
Levine, A. 
Levine, Isadore 
Levine, Abraham 
Levine, E. M. 
Levine, Max R. 
Levin, Julius R. 



398 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Lewis, Chas. W. 
Lewis, Henry H. 
Lewis, Harry W. 
Lewis, Thomas 
Lewison, Leo J. 
Leyland, George 
Lieberman, Abraham 
Lieberman, Morris L, 
Liebtrau, Oscar F. 
Lick, Edward 
Lincoln, Charles E. 
Lind, Walter 
Linden, John W. 
Lindsey, Samuel A. 
Lindsley, George 
Lindsley, William 
Lines, Edwin S. 
Lippencott, Wallace C. 
Lippoth, William R. 
Little, William C. 
Litton, Harvey 
Lisk, John A. 
Locatelli, James J. 
Lockwood, Russell H. 
Loconte, Carmine 
Lodarinsky, John 
Loevin, Sydney 
Lofaro, Antonio 
Logan, M. J. 
Lolacono, Giuseppe 
Loise, Harry J. 
Long, George D. 
Looram, Matthew J. 
Looram, Lucien Q. 
Lorenzen, William H. 
Losi, John 
Lott, Frederick 
Loubiere, Anthony 
Lovejoy, Donald M. 
Love joy, Harold B. 
Lovejoy, John 
Lowden, John D. 
Lowrie, Thomas 
Ludden, John J. 



Luhman, George B. 
Lupprian, Chas. A. 
Luzzi, Pasquale 
Lynch, James M. 
Lyon, William W. 
Lyons, Emanuel 
Lyons, Angus 
Lyons, Frank M. 
Lyons, Frank L. 
Lyons, G. C. 
Lyons, John P. 

MacDaniels, Leland E. 
MacDonald, Bruce 
Macdonald, James E. 
MacFarlane, Lester C. 
Mack, John L. 
Mackay, James 
MacKelvey, Charles W. 
Mackay, Stillman 
Mackintosh, W. Sterling 
MacLachlan, John M. 
MacLachlan, Thomas G. 
MacLean, Donald J. 
MacLean, Norman R. 
Mac Williams, Gordon H 
Madre, Charles 
Maduro, Basil B. 
Maffia, Thomas 
Maffucci, Michels 
Maflfucci, James A. 
Maffucci, James W. 
Maffucci, William 
Maffucci, Canio 
Maglione, Clement 
Magnus, Sidney 
Magnus, Joseph 
Magnusson, Edgar 
Magnusson, Otto E. 
Magnusson, Walter T. 
Maguire, Thomas W. 
Maguire, W. F. 
Maguire, James A., Jr. 
Mahany, John F. 



Maher, Daniel J. 
Mahlstedt, John 
Mahlstedt, Robert 
Mahlstedt, G. Henry 
Mahoney, Rev. Edw. B. 
Major, Charles 
Major, Samuel 
Malakoff, Maurice 
Malcolmson, Joseph 
Mallon, James J. 
Malloy, T. 
Malloy, John A. 
Malm, Theodore 
Maloney, Michael 
Malsch, Nicholas F. 
Malzone, Giuseppe 
Mangels, Henry 
Mangnale, John 
Mann, Richard B. 
Manthy, William F. 
Mappa, Canio 
Margiotti, Orazia 
Margolis, Benjamin 
Margolis, John A. 
Margotta, Antonio 
Margotta, Peter 
Marina, Frank E. 
Marinacci, Ercole 
Marino, Pietro 
Marino, MoUie 
Marisco, P. 
Marmion, Brander 
Marmion, James W. 
Marry, John F. 
Marsh, Reginald 
Marshall, James 
Marshall, John V. 
Marshall, Robert, Jr. 
Marshall, Robert, Sr. 
Marshall, William 
Marsland, Leslie 
Martin, William P. 
Martin, Bernard 
Martin, James 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



399 



Martin, W. P. 
Martin, Owen 
Martineau, Frederick C. 
Martinetti, Thomas 
Martovelli, D. 
Marvin, Walter R. 
Massey, Howard F. 
Massman, Henry 
Mastrizzi, Samuel 
Mastrizzi, Joseph C. 
Mat, John 
Mathes, Richard G. 
Mathes, George C. 
Matheson, William D. 
Matteo, B. 
Matthews, Julien 
May, Paul G. 
Mayer, Guy 
Mayers, John 
Mayers, Peter J. 
Mayhew, Clifford H. 
Maynard, Chas. W. 
Maynard, Fred H. 
Mazzola, Pietro 
McArdle, Jos. A. 
McArrow, Thomas 
McAvoy, James 
McBride, Patrick 
McCabe, John 
McCaffrey, Patrick 
McCardell, George B. 
McCarthy, Chris. C. 
McCarthy, John 
McCarthy, Joseph R. 
McCarthy, Timothy 
McCarthy, Eugene C. 
McCarthy, Wm. M. 
McCracken, Samuel 
McCrea, Walter E. 
McDonald, Thos. 
McDonald, A. Robertson 
McDonald, William 
McDonald, John 
McDonough, Edward E. 



McDonough, James, Jr. 
McDonough, Francis 
McDowell, H. L. 
McDufiie, Richard A. 
McElrath, T. J. 
McEvoy, Joseph A. 
McFadden, Timothy 
McFallin, J. C. 
McFarlane, Walter 
McFarlane, Leslie C. 
McGafRn, Geo. W. 
McGarr, Thomas 
McGill, Albert B. 
McGiU, Walter K. 
McGoey, James 
McGovern, James E. 
McGovern, Jas. R. 
McGrath, James 
McGrath, Jos. T. 
McGuinness, Francis 
McGuire, Frank 
McGruik, Charles F. 
McHal, James 
McKay, John 
McKee, Robert 
McKenzie, Arthur D. 
McLeon, Lewis 
McLoughlin, E. J. 
McMillan, Robert 
McNamara, James 
McNiemey, Edmund G. 
McNiemey, Hamilton J. 
McPherson, Wylie 
McQuade, William 
McQuade, William J. 
McQuillan, John T. 
McSberry, Joseph 
McSherry, Leo 
McSherry, Thos. J. 
McSweeney, Thos. J. 
McSweeney, John J. 
Mead, Chas. M. 
Mecca, Canio 
Meek, Herbert A. 



Meffert, Harry A. 
Mellamed, Henry L. 
Mellor, Ernest 
Mellor, William 
Meltzer, Abraham A. 
Menair, Frank C. 
Mendenhall, C. M. 
Mendenhall, John R. 
Meranda, Giuseppe 
Mercante, Joseph 
Mercer, Robert 
Merigliano, Vincent 
Merson, Archibald L. 
Mertens, Jacob, Jr. 
Metallo, William 
Metcalf , Louis 
Miles, William 
Milicia, Rossy 
Miller, Gordon W. 
Miller, Chas. E. 
Miller, Rowland 
Miller, Thomas D. 
Miller, Albert J. 
Miller, Ernest H. 
Miller, Clifford 
Miller, Howard M. 
Miller, Valentine 
Mimnaugh, James J. 
Mimnaugh, Thomas J. 
Mink, George C. 
Minshull, John M. 
Mirabello, Joseph J. 
Miskell, Patrick 
Mitchell, Robert B. 
Mitchell, Albert A. 
Mohr, Frank J. 
Mohr, Philip W. 
Molitor, F. A. 
MoUoy, John A. 
Molteni, Jerry J. 
Molyneaux, J. F. 
Molyneaux, Charles B. 
Monaco, Henry 
Monahan, Maurice 



400 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Montselos, C. 
Mook, John M. 
Moore, Michael 
Moore, William 
Moraggo, Tony 
Moran, Francis 
Moran, M. J. 
Moran, Michael J. 
Moran, Robert B. 
Moran, James H. 
Morello, Francesco 
Morgan, George E. 
Morgan, John L. 
Morgan, Charles 
Morgan, Roscoe C. 
Morganstern, Frank 
Morlock, Arthur 
Morrill, James H. 
Morris, John 
Morris, Webster H. 
Morrison, Eugene T. 
Morton, Chas. R. 
Moseley, Jos. H. 
Moses, John F. 
Moses, Ira 
Mosher, Warren E. 
Most, Harry 
Mourges, Theodore J. 
Mullen, Frank B. 
Mullen, Thomas J. 
MuUich, William J. 
MuUineaux, John R. 
Mullins, James F. 
Mullins, Robert M. 
Mullins, Wm. T. 
Mulo, Michael 
Multim, Jerry 
Murco, Meyer 
Murphy, Walter 
Murphy, Michael 
Murphy, Cornelius 
Murphy, John J. 
Murphy, James 
Murphy, James F. 



Murphy, Peter 
Murphy, John J. 
Murphy, William 
Murphy, John T. 
Murphy, Joseph 
Murphy, Robert A. 
Murphy, James T. 
Murphy, Roy V. 
Murphy, Edward J. 
Murphy, Francis E. 
Murray, James 
Murray, Leo J. 
Murray, Patrick J. 
Murrell, Benjamin 
Musgrave, Walter A. 
Muto, Patrick 

Nardozzi, Nicholas J. 
Nash, James 
Nash, William 
Neave, Frank 
Necerato, Joseph 
Needham, B. F. 
Neflsky, M. 
Neil, Harry L. 
Nelson, G. E. 
Nelson, Karl G. 
New, James W. 
New, William 
New, Charles Louis 
Newman, Walter 
Newmann, John E. 
Nicholson, D. H. 
Nickerson, Charles W. 
Nicolai, Albert A. 
Nicolai, Gustav 
Nicolai, Walter 
Nixon, Samuel 
Nixon, Herbert 
Nixon, James E. 
Nixon, Thomas 
Noble, William 
Nolan, John 
Nolan, Charles J. 



Noonan, Wm. 
Northrup, Albert 
Noxon, Charles H. 

Cakes, George F. 
Cakes, Alfred B. 
O'Brien, Daniel P. 
O'Brien, John E. 
O'Brien, Thomas 
O'Brien, Matthew 
O'Brien, Peter J. 
O'Brien, Edward W. 
O'Brien, William 
O'Connell, Richard F. 
O'Connor, William K. 
O'Dell, Edward M. 
O'DeU, Oliver C. 
O'Dell, Thaddeus 
OdeU, Clifford 
Odell, Lewis T. 
OdeU, Melvin 
Odell, Carl Lewis 
Oehler, Christian 
Ogden, Percy G. 
Ohlenslager, Jean C. 

E. 
O'Keefe, George W. 
Oldfield, Robert B. 
Olson, Frederick 
O'Neil, Joseph 
Onofrio, Chas. N. 
Oppido, Antonio 
Opsann, Walter I. 
O'Riley, James N. 
Orlovitz, Samuel 
Ormond, Warren 
Osborn, James C. 
Osborn, Robert A. 
O'Shea, John 
O'Toole, Dennis 
O'Toole, Nicholas 
Ovenshine, Alex. T. 
Owen, Newton C. 
Owens, James 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



401 



Pacchioli, Gennaro 
Pace, Vincent 
Page, Wm. N. 
Pakenham, Thomas R. 
Pallen, Conde 
Pallen, Louis 
Palmer, Fred O. 
Palmer, F. O. 
Pappaceur, Giuseppe 
Pappadakis, Michael 
Paramboli, Francesco 
Pardeno, Rocco 
Parker, Fred 
Parker, Frank X. 
Parker, George E. 
Parker, Gustave J. 
Parker, Thomas 
Parker, Walter E. 
Pasciuti, Louis 
Pasciuti, Anthony 
Passarelli, Francesco 
Pastore, Antonio 
Pastore, Biagio 
Pastore, Carlo 
Patak, Charles 
Patrick, Robert W. 
Patterson, John H. 
Patton, Alexander 
Patton, John M. 
Paulsen, Peter 
Peach, William H. 
Pearson, Oscar M. 
Pearson, James D. 
Pearson, William 
Pease, Arthur J. 
Peck, George A. 
Peck, Alexander W. 
Peckham, Wheeler H. 
Peckham, Sherwood T. 
Pecone, Joseph 
Pecori, Ralph 
Peet, Solon F. 
Pelham, George F. 
Pennetta, G. 



Pennetta, Michele 
Pepperday, Alfred C. 
Pepperday, Thomas M. 
Perkins, Ray 
Perricene, Carlo 
Perrotte, James 
Perry, Thomas H. 
Peterson, Peter 
Peterson, Carl L. 
Peterson, Louis J. 
Peterson, David 
Peterson, Helmar 
Petterson, Arthur S. 
Peunette, G. 
Phelan, Joseph A. 
Phelan, Daniel J. 
Phelan, Martin J. 
Phenny, Alfred L. 
Phillips, Samuel 
Phillips, James 
Phinney, F. C. 
Piedimonte, Cosmo 
Piedimonte, Leon 
Piedmonti, Michael 
Pietro, F. 
Pietro, Barotta 
Pigott, George 
Pinney, Ray 
Pisacrita, James 
Pisani, Joseph 
Pitt, Steddiford 
Poellmitz, William 
Poellmitz, Charles B., Jr. 
Poellmitz, Clarence 
Polachek, Armand H. 
Polo, Thomas M. 
Politzer, Caesar L. 
Pollitz, George S., Jr. 
PoUoni, Giuseppe 
Polychron, Michael 
Pomona, John 
Porter, Frederick 
Porter, Frederick L. 
Porter, Chas. P. 



Porter, Kenneth L. 
Porter, Raymond D. 
Porter, William 
Post, Charles R. 
Post, Charles W. 
Post, Clarence H. 
Post, Everett G. 
Potts, Charles P. 
Pray, Malcolm 
Preston, Thomas K. 
Price, Paul 
Primerano, Dominico 
Prisk, Joseph E. 
Puglia, Antonio 
Pugsley, Daniel 
F*ugsley, Lawrence 
Puscriute, Joseph G. 

Quain, Martin E. 
Quinlan, Edward F. 
Quinn, William J. 
Quinn, John A. 
Quinn, Thomas 

Rabasco, John 
Rabbitt, Thomas 
Rabe, James I. 
Rabinowitz, Samuel M. 
Radecliffe, Frederick 
Rader, Robert 
Railey, Hilton H. 
Randolph, John F. 
Rapp, George John 
Rasmussen, D. B. 
Rauh, Joseph A. 
Raymond, Marshall D. 
Raymond, William O. 
Razionale, John M. 
Read, Clarence A. 
Reardon, John S. 
Rechen, Joseph 
Rechenstein, Louis 
Reddington, James A. 
Reeve, William H. 



402 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Rehg, George H. 
Reichert, Henry 
Reid, John J. 
Reid, Leo M. 
Reid, LeRoy 
Reid, Robert D. 
Reid, Emmet 
Reid, Isaiah 
Reilly, Celestine Joseph 
Reilly, Frederick J. 
Reilly, William 
Reilly, Paul 
Reis, Arthur J. 
Reiss, Henry 
Rellstab, Emile 
Rellstab, Fred A. 
Remick, Arthur E. 
Remson, Ellsworth 
Rende, James 
Rende, Vincent 
Renna, Dominick 
Rennicks, Robert 
Rente, Michael 
Reusche, Frank L. 
Reuter, Michele 
Reynolds, George O. 
Reynolds, Roland 
Reynolds, Sanford C. 
Ricci, Ferdinand 
Rice, Trenor A. 
Richards, James A. 
Riley, James 
Riley, Napoleon W. 
Riley, Maurice B. 
Rinck, Michael 
Ringrose, William 
Ringwood, Wm, J. 
Rink, Joseph W. 
Rispole, Peter 
Rittenberg, Samuel 
Ritter, Alvey 
Rivers, Harry D. 
Rivers, Anthony J. 
Rivers, Clifford E. 



Rivers, Henry J. 
Rixson, Ewing S. 
Rizzo, Vito 
Roach, John J. 
Roberts, Ovid E., Jr. 
Robinson, Harry S. 
Robinson, Thomas H. 
Robinson, W. G. 
Robinson, Edward A. 
Robinson, Howard H. 
Rocco, John 
Roche, Bernard 
Rocket, William L. 
Rockwell, Norman 
Rogers, Herbert D. 
Rohrer, Joseph 
Romaniello, Nickolas C. 
Romaniello, Vito 
Romig, Lee J. 
Ronconi, Carlo 
Rondinella, Antonio 
Rooney, P. J. 
Root, Howard 
Rosa, James J. 
Rosa, Nicolas 
Rosa, James V. 
Rosa, Joseph Maria 
Rosch, Milton E. 
Rosch, Andrew J. 
Rose, Frank 
Rosenbaum, William L. 
Rosenbaum, Leo 
Rosenthal, Herbert J. 
Rosor, James J. 
Ross, Charles 
Ross, Leo 
Ross, LeRoy 
Ross, Richard W. 
Ross, George 
Roth, Frank 
Roth, Morris 
Rothlauf, Anthony J. 

Rev. 
Rothman, David 



Rottner, Conrad 
Rowe, Joseph 
Rowe, Allan C. 
Rowe, F. Walter 
Rowland, John C. 
Rubin, Sol 
Rubino, Angelo 
Rudin, David 
Rudin, Samuel 
Rudin, Solomon 
Rudin, William 
Ruhl, Emil A. 
Ruhl, John W. 
Ruhl, Joseph C. 
Ruhl, Lawrence 
Rummery, Raymond C. 
Rundlett, Nelson S. 
Rupp, Fred L. 
Rusher, Bertram F. 
Ruskin, Benjamin F. 
Russell, Robert H. 
Russo, Thomas 
Russo, Albert 
Russo, Anthony F. 
Russo, Charles 
Russo, George F. 
Russo, John V. 
Rutter, Elry 
Ryan, James 
Ryan, Harold W. 
Ryan, John J. 
Ryan, Timothy 
Ryan, Thomas F. 
Ryan, Thomas L. 
Ryan, Wm. J. 
Ryan, Frank A. 
Ryan, Joseph D. 
Ryan, William M. 
Ryder, Gould 
Ryder, Thomas S. 

, Sabie, Michael 
Sackelos, Constantine 
Sackett, Chas. P. 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



403 



Salch, Edward J. 
Salch, Leo F. 
Salvania, Primitivo 
Sal vino, Patsy 
Sambom, John A. 
Samela, Henry V. 
Samela, Daniel 
Samela, Wm. A. 
Sanboeuf, Charles 
Sandblom, Fred G. 
SanFilippo, Joseph 
Sansone, John J. 
Sansone, Vincent 
Sansone, James 
Santacroce, Giuseppe 
Santoro, James 
Sarjeant, Herbert V. 
Sattely, Ralph 
Sautomo, Francesco 
SavTito, Joseph 
Saward, Ralph B. 
Scarlite, Charles 
Scavetta, Vincent B. 
Scazzero, Antonio 
Schaad, George 
Schaad, Cornelius S. 
Schachat, Nathan 
Schachat, Louis 
Schaub, Frederick J. 
Schauer, Wm. 
Schell, Frank R. 
Schiazza, Salvatore 
Schilling, Frederick M. 
Schirek, G. 
Schirmer, Wm. 
Schirmer, Stanley 
Schlotter, George F. 
Schlotter, William 
Schmidt, William 
Schmitt, Edward 
Schork, Joseph F. 
Schopp, Robert C. 
Schuck, Charles 
Schudlich, William 



Schultz, Carl H. 
Schtiltz, Frederick H. 
Schumacher, George 
Schmnann, Andrew C. 
Schuster, John 
Schwartz, Arthur J. 
Schwartz, Louis F., Jr. 
Scoble, Harry M. 
Scorrano, Torquato 
Scott, Alfred K. 
Scott, Charles F. 
Scott, Edgar S. 
Scott, Edward A., Jr. 
Scott, Edward J. 
Scott, Frank W. 
Scott, Howard W. 
Scott, William G. 
Scott, Richard M. 
Scott, Herman 
Scotta, Gerlad E. 
Scully, Michael F. 
Scully, Raymond J. 
Seabury, Wilbur 
Sears, Clifford G. 
Seebold, Peter 
Selick, G. 
Senior, Richard 
Senior, Charles A., Jr. 
Sentacroes, Giuseppe 
Severin, Anton E. 
Sexton, Joseph E. 
Seyfried, Charles G. 
Seymour, Alexander 
Shaefer, Firmin Ernest 
Shaughnessy, Walter J. 
Shaw, Chauncey 
Shearwood, Walter E. 
Shearwood, Edwin 
Shedden, Charles H., Jr. 
Sheehan, John C. 
Sherick, John 
Sherman, Harry 
Shields, Cornelius 
Shinn, John M. 



Shipway, George E. 
Shipway, Warren B. 
Shirk, Bernard 
Shriner, Donald W. 
Shutt, George P. 
Sicignano, Alfonso 
Sidman, Eugene M. 
Sidney, John O. 
Siena, Paolo 
Sieverts, F. R. 
SiUeck, Harold W. 
Simpatico, Enrico 
Simpkins, George T. 
Simpson, Edward 
Singh, Gordit 
Sinks, George T. 
Six, Harry W. 
Skannel, Elbert 
Skiff, James T. 
Skiff, Edward G. 
Skinner, Charles L. 
Skipton, Malcolm 
Slattery, William 
Small, Walter 
Smith, Frank 
Smith, Harold E. 
Smith, Grant 
Smith, Harry P. 
Smith, Linzy 
Smith, Charles A. 
Smith, D. Allen 
Smith, John R. W. 
Smith, David 
Smith, Edward A. 
Smith, Prentice 
Smith, Robert A. 
Snyder, George D. 
Snyder, Frank 
Sondheim, Walter 
Sondheim, Herbert 
Sondon, Sam 
Solemene, John 
Soletta, Nicola 
Sorieri, Luigi 



404 



OUR HONOR ROLL 



Sorries, Arthur L. 
Sorries, Frederick O. 
Sotile, Biagio 
Sotirios, Katsonos 
Spaight, Albert D. 
Spaight, Alexander 
Spalding, Leslie H. 
Spalding, Lester H. 
Sparkman, Drake H. 
Specht, George C. 
Speicher, Lawrence P. 
Spencer, Charles 
Spencer, Wallace 
Spiegelman, Samuel 
Squires, Walter E. 
Stahl, Rudolph A, 
Stahl, Harvey 
Stamp, Edmund J. 
Stamp, Malcolm D. 
Starkie, Thomas 
Starkie, Harry M. 
Stavey, Ernest 
Stavey, Nicholas 
Stearns, Ralph 
Steams, Jerrold 
Steen, Allen J. 
Stehlin, Edward J. 
Stehlin, Harry 
Stein, Charles 
Steiimietz, Robert, Jr. 
Stemp, Samuel M. 
Stemenberg, Walter 
Stevens, Clarim H. 
Stevens, Donald B. K. 
Stevens, George E. 
Stewart, Willis 
St. Hill, Thos. N. 
Stiles, Harold S. 
Stilwell, William M. 
Stockfleth, George 
Stockhammer, John 
Stoddard, Alfred B. 
Stoddard, R. C. 
Stone, Martin J. 



Stone, Victor E. 
Stone, Arthur D. 
Stone, William Leete, Jr. 
Stone, Ralph J. 
Stowell, C. Harold 
Stowell, Weston H. 
Straehle, Martin T. 
Streger, Paul 
Stubblebine, Albert 
Styles, John P. 
Sullivan, Francis W. 
Sullivan, George W. 
Sullivan, Peter J. 
Sullivan, Thornton A. 
Sultzer, Mark D. 
Summo, Joseph A. 
Sundermeyer, Harry 
Sussman, Jacob R. 
Sutton, James 
Sutton, Peter C. 
Sutton, Anthony 
Sutton, Frank 
Sutton, George W., Jr. 
Swan, Wm. W. 
Sweeney, Harry W. 
Sweeney, Thomas J., Jr. 
Swensen, Anton 
Syhester, Joseph 
Sypher, Alexander M. 

Tahaney, Edward L. 
Tahaney, Martin J. 
Taite, George 
Talbot, S. G. 
Taylor, Joseph 
Taylor, Edmund H. 
Taylor, James C. 
Taylor, Joseph 
Taylor, Lester E. 
Taylor, William B. 
Tazwell, P. L. 
Tecco, Philip R. 
Telesca, Joseph 
Temple, Thomas F. 



Thalheimer, Sidney 
Theiss, Edgar 
Theiss, J. D. 
Thomas, Joseph 
Thomas, Carr M. 
Thomas, Donald W. 
Thomas, Luke 
Thompson, P. S, 
Thompson, David 
Thompson, Leon H. 
Thompson, Aylmer S. N. 
Thompson, Donald J. 
Thompson, George E. 
Thompson, James W. 
Thompson, Ralph B. 
Thompson, Robert J. 
Thoren, Edgar J. 
Thoren, Irving L. 
Thoren, Paul N. 
Thome, Albert M. 
Thurlow, Paul E. 
Thursby, Thermode 
Tierney, Daniel 
Tiemey, Ralph 
Tilton, Harry J. 
Titus, Henry W. 
Tobin, George T. 
Todaro, Domenico 
Todd, James C. 
Todd, Robert I. 
Todhunter, Arthur 
Toomey, Albert J. 
Toreneer, William H. 
Tormey, John 
Tormey, Martin 
Tosi, G. 
Tosi, John 
Toterhi, Thomas 
Toucher, John 
Touro, Anthony P. 
Tower, Lawrence W. 
Tower, William B. 
Tracy, Patrick E. 
Trainer, Joseph A. 



OUR HOxNOR ROLL 



405 



Travis, James C. 
Travis, Clarence J. 
Treacy, Marck C. 
Trober, George 
Trohn, Louis C. 
Trohn, Benjamin A. 
Trosie, William 
Trotta, Marco 
Troy, Peter 
Troy, Wm. Wylie 
Trubee, William E. 
Tubbs, Palmer F. 
Tuck, Sweap 
Tucker, Waldo L. 
Tuller, Walter M. 
Tuoney, Albert 
Turner, Jack 
Turner, Allen D. 
Turner, Edward D. 
Turner, Francis T. 
Turner, Stanley K. 
Turnure, Harold D. 
Turnure, Harvey A. 
Tviray, Wilson B. 
Twiggs, Guy 
Twohey, John C. 
Tyrell, Thomas A. 

Ungrath, Henry 
Unkel, John S. 
Updegraff, William M, 

Vaccaro, Michael 
Valentine, Howard L. 
Vallet, Pierre G. 
Van Buren, G. B. 
Vandross, George J. 
Van Duzer, Banjamin 
Vanhom, George 
Van Houten, Leonard 
Van Houten, Clarence 
Van Orden, John G. 
Van Rensselaer, K. M. 
Van Rensselaer, Alex. T, 
M. 



Van Zelm, Henri B. 
Van Zelm, John A., Jr. 
Veltri, Peter 
Vennoch, Thomas T. 
Vetter, Richard E. 
Victory, James A. 
Vidar, Joe 

Vigouroux, Gustave G. 
Vileno, Joseph R. 
Vileno, John 
VirriU, Wm. F. 
Vitale, Giuseppe A. 
Vitele, Joseph 
Vulte, Nelson P. 
Vulte, Gilbert P. 
Vulte, Franz W. 
Vulte, H. T. 

Wagner, Burton W. 
Waldvogel, Edwin C. 
Waldvogel, Roy 
Walker, George S. 
Walker, J. 
Walker, William L. 
Wall, William J. 
Walradt, Chester 
Walradt, Cary 
Walsh, John A. 
Walsh, Leo 
Walsh, Thomas F. 
Walsh, Michael J. 
Walters, Barney 
Walworth, Chester A. 
Wammersey, Fred'k, 

Rev. 
Ward, Lawrence J. 
Ward, Joseph J. 
Ward, Dudley A. 
Ward, Peter J. 
Ward, Robert B. 
Ward, Frank 
Ward ell. Max 
Warner, Robert K. 
Warner, Paul C. 



Warren, Hamilton 
Warriner, Legrand L. 
Washington, Leon 
Watson, George 
Watson, James R. 
Watt, James S. 
Way, Victor 
Wealthdale, B. • 
Webber, John E. 
Webber, Augustus 
Weber, William 
Weber, Leroy M. 
Weeks, Charles M. 
Weeks, Robt. Miller, Jr. 
Weeks, Francis M. J. 
Weiben, Henry 
Weideman, George C. 
Weil, Robert S. 
Weinstein, Abraham 
Weinstein, Joseph 
Wellenbusher, Walter 
Wellings, Lloyd 
Wellings, Irving J. 
Welsh, John J. 
Welsh, William 
Wenck, W. B. 
Werbelosky, Abram 
Werner, Emil 
Wesley, I. B. 
Westdale, Bert 
Wheeler, Hobart W. 
Wheeler, W. F. 
Wheeler, Wm. W. 
Wheeler, Chas. W. 
Wheeler, LeRoy R. 
White, Robert W. 
White, H. Ferris 
White, Milo 
White, Arthur 
White, Charles F. 
Whitely, Harry E. 
Whiting, F. H. N. 
Whitley, Grover C. 
Wiedeman, George C. 



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OUR HONOR ROLL 



Wilcox, Joseph 
Wilcox, Milton S. 
Wilde, Stanley 
Wilde, W. Hamilton 
Williams, John 
Williams, Henry T. 
WiUiams, George K. 
Williamson, Royden 
Willoughby, H. Starr 
Wilson, Harry I. 
Wilson, S. Bruce 
Wilson, Charles E. 
Wilson, Edward A. 
Wilson, Charles W., Jr. 
Wilson, Leland D. 



Windsor, Oliver 
Winn, John T. 
Wissoker, Leo 
Wissoker, Abraham 
Wolf, Clarence J. 
Wolf, Milton 
Wolfe, George T, 
Wolff, Hugo W. 
Wolhaupter, George H. 
Wollner, Charles E. 
Wollner, George J. 
Wood, Charles R. 
Wood, David M. 
Wood, William G., Jr. 
Woodbury, Stephen 



Woodin, Harold A. 
Woodward, James 
Wright, Wm. E. 
Wright, Chilton A. 

Young, Joseph 
Young, Enoch 
Young, Clifton 

Zauner, Harry P. 
Zauner, Leslie 
Zauner, Waldo 
Zeidler, Andrew 
Zundel, Andrew, Jr. 



OUR HONOR ROLL 407 



THOSE WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL 

OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY 

BASE HOSPITAL UNIT 

DOCTORS 

August L. Beck Paul Brice FitzGerald 

E. Leslie Burwell George A. Peck 

Charles C. DeKlyn E. J. Smith 

Henry W. Titus 

NURSES 

Edith Anderson Miss Cleary 

Jean F. Carruthers Edith Larson 

Lille A. Carruthers Jean McKinnon 

ORDERLIES 

Clarence J. T. Burroughs Howard B. Fonda 

Arthur Crawford George F. Luhman 

Edwin J. Crowell Walter T. Leon 

Kenneth C. Decker Ralph Robinson 

Lawrence Farley Leolin Thompson 

Interpreter: Pierre Vallet 



3n iWemoriam 



Our (Bolt) Stare 

" Lead us on paths of high endeavor. 
Toiling upward, climbing ever. 
Ready to suffer for the right. 
Until at last we gain a loftier height. 
More worthy to behold 
Our guiding stars, our stars of gold." 



Abel, Henry Albert 
Abrams, Reuben 
Agar, John G., Jr. 
Aghina, Silvio 
Bartels, Robert M. 
Beattie, R. Starr 
Bell, Chester J. 
Bellups, Albert 
Blackstone, Harrison W. 
Brown, Walter S. 
Butler, Thomas J. 
Cestone, Angelo 

409 



IN MEMORIAM 



Christiani, Frank 
Cole, Charles C. 
Crowe, George C. 
Dawson, Clarence J. 
DeAUeaume, Arthur W. 
Fennell, Robert 
Fisher, Leonard 
Fitzpatrick, William M. 
Ford, Charlie J. 
Foster, Hamilton K. 
Fredericks, Harry 
Freese, Fred L. 
Galligan, Frank T. 
Gilday, Frank A. 
Gillespie, Charles J. 
Goldsmith, Richard R. 
Gooding, Arthur J. 
Gotti, Albert J. 
Hagstedt, George, Jr. 
Heinemann, John E. 
Hubbell, Charles E., Jr. 
Jones, Weston 
Kenney, Francis P. 
Leaf, John F. 
Lemke, Arthur R. 

410 



IN MEMORIAM 



Lyons, Emanuel 
Margiotti, Tony 
Messina, Antonio 
Messina, Domenica 
Moran, Joseph P. 
Owens, Frank 
Parone, Nicola 
Peake, David J. 
Peterson, Louis J. 
Plummer, Louis F. 
Ponton, Maitland A. 
Primerano, Benny 
Rotunno, T. 
Sackett, George W. 
Stanley, Henry 
Stone, Folsom R. 
Streger, Jacob 
Thurlow, Gordon 
Valentine, Herman W. 
Van Orden, Arlington 
Walsh, George F. 
Williams, Robert A. 
Zimmerman, George V. 



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